diff --git a/report/allPics.go b/report/allPics.go
index 3cc70ca..099955e 100644
--- a/report/allPics.go
+++ b/report/allPics.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package report
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"text/template"
@@ -22,7 +23,11 @@ type allThePics struct {
 	TexFiles []picTexFiles
 }
 
-var allPics = &allThePics{}
+var (
+	allPics = &allThePics{}
+	//go:embed allpics.tmpl
+	tmplAllPicsFile []byte
+)
 
 // SaveTexAllPics feeds all paths of generated pics to a template that creates
 // `allpics.tex` file, which then aggregates all tex files tracking plot pics
@@ -30,18 +35,9 @@ var allPics = &allThePics{}
 func SaveTexAllPics() {
 	a := allPics
 	texAllPicsFile := GetTexDir() + "allpics" + ".tex"
-	tmplAllPicsFile := "report/allpics.tmpl"
 
-	if _, err := os.Stat(tmplAllPicsFile); err != nil {
-		// TODO(me): fix this.
-		// this block is relevant for the unit test path, somehow the file is
-		// not found as defined above.
-		log.Println(err, `, weird test behaviour , prepending "../"`)
-
-		tmplAllPicsFile = "../" + tmplAllPicsFile
-	}
-
-	tmplAllPics := template.Must(template.ParseFiles(tmplAllPicsFile))
+	tmplAllPics := template.New("allpics")
+	tmplAllPics = template.Must(tmplAllPics.Parse(string(tmplAllPicsFile)))
 
 	f, err := os.Create(texAllPicsFile)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/report/pic.go b/report/pic.go
index 48814ab..ed1beb6 100644
--- a/report/pic.go
+++ b/report/pic.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package report
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ type PicList struct {
 	Pics  []Pic
 }
 
+//go:embed pics.tmpl
+var tmplPicsFile []byte
+
 // NewPic returns a new copy of Pic.
 func NewPic() *Pic {
 	return &Pic{}
@@ -46,18 +50,9 @@ func SavePicsToFile(pls []PicList, algoName string) {
 	for _, p := range pls {
 		safeName := util.SanitiseFName(p.Algo + "-" + p.Bench)
 		texPicsFile := GetTexDir() + "pics-" + safeName + ".tex"
-		tmplPicsFile := "report/pics.tmpl"
+		tmplPics := template.New("pics")
 
-		if _, err := os.Stat(tmplPicsFile); err != nil {
-			// TODO(me): fix this, same as in table.go.
-			// this block is relevant for the unit test path, somehow the file is
-			// not found as defined above.
-			log.Println(err, `, weird test behaviour , prepending "../"`)
-
-			tmplPicsFile = "../" + tmplPicsFile
-		}
-
-		tmplPics := template.Must(template.ParseFiles(tmplPicsFile))
+		tmplPics = template.Must(tmplPics.Parse(string(tmplPicsFile)))
 
 		paths = append(paths, texPicsFile)
 		// keep the slice sorted.
diff --git a/report/table.go b/report/table.go
index 15efe4d..830a13d 100644
--- a/report/table.go
+++ b/report/table.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package report
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"text/template"
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ type Row struct {
 	Values []float64
 }
 
+//go:embed table.tmpl
+var tmplTableFile []byte
+
 func NewTable() *Table {
 	return &Table{}
 }
@@ -36,18 +40,9 @@ func NewRow() *Row {
 func SaveTableToFile(t Table) {
 	safeName := util.SanitiseFName(t.Algo)
 	texTableFile := GetTexDir() + "table-" + safeName + ".tex"
-	tmplTableFile := "report/table.tmpl"
+	tmplTable := template.New("table")
 
-	if _, err := os.Stat(tmplTableFile); err != nil {
-		// TODO(me): fix this.
-		// this block is relevant for the unit test path, somehow the file is
-		// not found as defined above.
-		log.Println(err, `, weird test behaviour , prepending "../"`)
-
-		tmplTableFile = "../" + tmplTableFile
-	}
-
-	tmplTable := template.Must(template.ParseFiles(tmplTableFile))
+	tmplTable = template.Must(tmplTable.Parse(string(tmplTableFile)))
 
 	ttf := tableTexFiles{Algo: t.Algo, FilePaths: []string{texTableFile}}
 	allTables.TexFiles = append(allTables.TexFiles, ttf)