diff --git a/browser_tests/tests/templates.spec.ts b/browser_tests/tests/templates.spec.ts
index 295f777ae..68cc7f388 100644
--- a/browser_tests/tests/templates.spec.ts
+++ b/browser_tests/tests/templates.spec.ts
@@ -86,4 +86,48 @@ test.describe('Templates', () => {
     // Expect the templates dialog to be shown
     expect(await comfyPage.templates.content.isVisible()).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  test('Uses title field as fallback when the key is not found in locales', async ({
+    comfyPage
+  }) => {
+    // Capture request for the index.json
+    await comfyPage.page.route('**/templates/index.json', async (route, _) => {
+      // Add a new template that won't have a translation pre-generated
+      const response = [
+        {
+          moduleName: 'default',
+          title: 'FALLBACK CATEGORY',
+          type: 'image',
+          templates: [
+            {
+              name: 'unknown_key_has_no_translation_available',
+              title: 'FALLBACK TEMPLATE NAME',
+              mediaType: 'image',
+              mediaSubtype: 'webp',
+              description: 'No translations found'
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+      await route.fulfill({
+        status: 200,
+        body: JSON.stringify(response),
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+          'Cache-Control': 'no-store'
+        }
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Load the templates dialog
+    await comfyPage.executeCommand('Comfy.BrowseTemplates')
+
+    // Expect the title to be used as fallback for template cards
+    await expect(
+      comfyPage.templates.content.getByText('FALLBACK TEMPLATE NAME')
+    ).toBeVisible()
+
+    // Expect the title to be used as fallback for the template categories
+    await expect(comfyPage.page.getByLabel('FALLBACK CATEGORY')).toBeVisible()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/components/templates/TemplateWorkflowCard.vue b/src/components/templates/TemplateWorkflowCard.vue
index 709203793..5ee1ecfc1 100644
--- a/src/components/templates/TemplateWorkflowCard.vue
+++ b/src/components/templates/TemplateWorkflowCard.vue
@@ -123,12 +123,13 @@ const overlayThumbnailSrc = computed(() =>
 )
 
 const title = computed(() => {
+  const fallback = template.title ?? template.name ?? `${sourceModule} Template`
   return sourceModule === 'default'
     ? st(
         `templateWorkflows.template.${normalizeI18nKey(categoryTitle)}.${normalizeI18nKey(template.name)}`,
-        template.name
+        fallback
       )
-    : template.name ?? `${sourceModule} Template`
+    : fallback
 })
 
 const description = computed(() => template.description.replace(/[-_]/g, ' '))
diff --git a/src/stores/workflowTemplatesStore.ts b/src/stores/workflowTemplatesStore.ts
index 1aa90838d..e1f33ea31 100644
--- a/src/stores/workflowTemplatesStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/workflowTemplatesStore.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { groupBy } from 'lodash'
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
 import { computed, ref, shallowRef } from 'vue'
-import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
 
+import { st } from '@/i18n'
 import { api } from '@/scripts/api'
 import type {
   TemplateGroup,
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { normalizeI18nKey } from '@/utils/formatUtil'
 export const useWorkflowTemplatesStore = defineStore(
   'workflowTemplates',
   () => {
-    const { t } = useI18n()
     const customTemplates = shallowRef<{ [moduleName: string]: string[] }>({})
     const coreTemplates = shallowRef<WorkflowTemplates[]>([])
     const isLoaded = ref(false)
@@ -22,11 +21,9 @@ export const useWorkflowTemplatesStore = defineStore(
       const allTemplates = [
         ...coreTemplates.value.map((template) => ({
           ...template,
-          title: t(
+          title: st(
             `templateWorkflows.category.${normalizeI18nKey(template.title)}`,
-            {
-              defaultValue: template.title
-            }
+            template.title ?? template.moduleName
           )
         })),
         ...Object.entries(customTemplates.value).map(
@@ -46,12 +43,11 @@ export const useWorkflowTemplatesStore = defineStore(
       return Object.entries(
         groupBy(allTemplates, (template) =>
           template.moduleName === 'default'
-            ? t('templateWorkflows.category.ComfyUI Examples', {
-                defaultValue: 'ComfyUI Examples'
-              })
-            : t('templateWorkflows.category.Custom Nodes', {
-                defaultValue: 'Custom Nodes'
-              })
+            ? st(
+                'templateWorkflows.category.ComfyUI Examples',
+                'ComfyUI Examples'
+              )
+            : st('templateWorkflows.category.Custom Nodes', 'Custom Nodes')
         )
       ).map(([label, modules]) => ({ label, modules }))
     })
diff --git a/src/types/workflowTemplateTypes.ts b/src/types/workflowTemplateTypes.ts
index ceb6daf31..4a5116b38 100644
--- a/src/types/workflowTemplateTypes.ts
+++ b/src/types/workflowTemplateTypes.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 export interface TemplateInfo {
   name: string
+  /**
+   * Optional title which is used as the fallback if the name is not in the locales dictionary.
+   */
+  title?: string
   tutorialUrl?: string
   mediaType: string
   mediaSubtype: string