diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b197b40..8f61ddd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v0.4.3] - 2022-04-20 (Beta)
+
+## Fixes
+
+- Version [v0.4.2][v0.4.2] did not embed the templates for RPC generation into frisbee, leading to runtime panics when
+  generating RPC frameworks from outside the frisbee repository directory. This has now been fixed by embedding the
+  templates into the compiled plugin binary file.
+
 ## [v0.4.2] - 2022-04-20 (Beta)
 
 ## Changes
@@ -219,7 +227,8 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 Initial Release of Frisbee
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/compare/v0.4.2...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/compare/v0.4.3...HEAD
+[v0.4.3]: https://github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/compare/v0.4.2...v0.4.3
 [v0.4.2]: https://github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/compare/v0.4.1...v0.4.2
 [v0.4.1]: https://github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1
 [v0.4.0]: https://github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/compare/v0.3.2...v0.4.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 28a321d..7b37713 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/loopholelabs/testing v0.2.3
diff --git a/protoc-gen-frisbee/dockerfile b/protoc-gen-frisbee/dockerfile
index cb2571f..df77a8b 100644
--- a/protoc-gen-frisbee/dockerfile
+++ b/protoc-gen-frisbee/dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM golang as builder
 
 ENV GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0
 
-RUN go install github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/protoc-gen-frisbee@v0.4.1
+RUN go install github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/protoc-gen-frisbee@v0.4.3
 
 # Note, the Docker images must be built for amd64. If the host machine architecture is not amd64
 # you need to cross-compile the binary and move it into /go/bin.
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ FROM scratch
 
 # Runtime dependencies
 LABEL "build.buf.plugins.runtime_library_versions.0.name"="github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee"
-LABEL "build.buf.plugins.runtime_library_versions.0.version"="v0.4.1"
+LABEL "build.buf.plugins.runtime_library_versions.0.version"="v0.4.3"
 
 COPY --from=builder /go/bin /
 
diff --git a/protoc-gen-frisbee/pkg/generator/generator.go b/protoc-gen-frisbee/pkg/generator/generator.go
index f348698..4e07bf7 100644
--- a/protoc-gen-frisbee/pkg/generator/generator.go
+++ b/protoc-gen-frisbee/pkg/generator/generator.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package generator
 import (
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/protoc-gen-frisbee/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/protoc-gen-frisbee/internal/version"
+	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee/protoc-gen-frisbee/templates"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/compiler/protogen"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/pluginpb"
@@ -29,6 +30,27 @@ type Generator struct {
 	options *protogen.Options
 }
 
+var templ *template.Template
+
+func init() {
+	templ = template.Must(template.New("main").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
+		"CamelCase":          utils.CamelCaseFullName,
+		"CamelCaseName":      utils.CamelCaseName,
+		"MakeIterable":       utils.MakeIterable,
+		"Counter":            utils.Counter,
+		"FirstLowerCase":     utils.FirstLowerCase,
+		"FirstLowerCaseName": utils.FirstLowerCaseName,
+		"FindValue":          findValue,
+		"GetKind":            getKind,
+		"GetLUTEncoder":      getLUTEncoder,
+		"GetLUTDecoder":      getLUTDecoder,
+		"GetEncodingFields":  getEncodingFields,
+		"GetDecodingFields":  getDecodingFields,
+		"GetKindLUT":         getKindLUT,
+		"GetServerFields":    getServerFields,
+	}).ParseFS(templates.FS, "*"))
+}
+
 func New() *Generator {
 	return &Generator{
 		options: &protogen.Options{
@@ -53,23 +75,6 @@ func (g *Generator) Generate(req *pluginpb.CodeGeneratorRequest) (res *pluginpb.
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	templ := template.Must(template.New("main").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
-		"CamelCase":          utils.CamelCaseFullName,
-		"CamelCaseName":      utils.CamelCaseName,
-		"MakeIterable":       utils.MakeIterable,
-		"Counter":            utils.Counter,
-		"FirstLowerCase":     utils.FirstLowerCase,
-		"FirstLowerCaseName": utils.FirstLowerCaseName,
-		"FindValue":          findValue,
-		"GetKind":            getKind,
-		"GetLUTEncoder":      getLUTEncoder,
-		"GetLUTDecoder":      getLUTDecoder,
-		"GetEncodingFields":  getEncodingFields,
-		"GetDecodingFields":  getDecodingFields,
-		"GetKindLUT":         getKindLUT,
-		"GetServerFields":    getServerFields,
-	}).ParseGlob("protoc-gen-frisbee/templates/*"))
-
 	for _, f := range plugin.Files {
 		if !f.Generate {
 			continue
diff --git a/protoc-gen-frisbee/templates/templates.go b/protoc-gen-frisbee/templates/templates.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa88068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protoc-gen-frisbee/templates/templates.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+	Copyright 2022 Loophole Labs
+
+	Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+	you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+	You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+		   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+	Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+	distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+	WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+	See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+	limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package templates
+
+import "embed"
+
+//go:embed *
+var FS embed.FS