diff --git a/lib/commands/start.js b/lib/commands/start.js
index d04dc8e..74b2247 100644
--- a/lib/commands/start.js
+++ b/lib/commands/start.js
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ module.exports = function (path, configFile, port) {
       ? util.read(util.resolve(ctx, config.template))
       : config.template
   } else if (pkg.docsify) {
+    const tpl = pkg.docsify.template
+
     config = pkg.docsify
-    config.template = util.exists(util.resolve(ctx, pkg.docsify.template))
-      ? util(pkg.docsify.template)
+    config.template = (tpl && util.exists(util.resolve(ctx, tpl)))
+      ? util.read(tpl)
       : defaultConfig.template
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c9fd1d7..4b5f19f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "connect-livereload": "^0.6.0",
     "cp-file": "^4.1.1",
     "docsify": ">=3",
-    "docsify-server-renderer": "^4.0.1",
+    "docsify-server-renderer": "^4.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^2.1.2",
     "livereload": "^0.6.2",
     "open": "^0.0.5",