diff --git a/internal/config/moduleconfig/module_config.go b/internal/config/moduleconfig/module_config.go
index a604464d8..d1ff078c4 100644
--- a/internal/config/moduleconfig/module_config.go
+++ b/internal/config/moduleconfig/module_config.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ type Parameter struct {
 type TemplateConfig struct {
 	StrictMode bool
 	Delimiters []string
-	InputDir   string
-	OutputDir  string
+	InputDir   string `yaml:"inputDir"`
+	OutputDir  string `yaml:"outputDir"`
 }
 
 func LoadModuleConfig(filePath string) (ModuleConfig, error) {
diff --git a/internal/module/module_test.go b/internal/module/module_test.go
index 4b0d82a6e..888c0586f 100644
--- a/internal/module/module_test.go
+++ b/internal/module/module_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestGetSourceDir(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestNewTemplateModule(t *testing.T) {
+func TestParseModuleConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	testModuleSource := "../../tests/test_data/modules/ci"
 	var mod moduleconfig.ModuleConfig
 
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ func TestNewTemplateModule(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "CI Platform", param.Label)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("TemplateConfig is unmarshaled", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mod, _ = module.ParseModuleConfig(testModuleSource)
+		assert.Equal(t, ".circleci", mod.TemplateConfig.OutputDir)
+		assert.Equal(t, "templates", mod.TemplateConfig.InputDir)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"<%", "%>"}, mod.TemplateConfig.Delimiters)
+	})
+
 }
 
 func findParameter(params []moduleconfig.Parameter, field string) (moduleconfig.Parameter, error) {
diff --git a/tests/test_data/modules/ci/zero-module.yml b/tests/test_data/modules/ci/zero-module.yml
index 969969055..d34d33fc0 100644
--- a/tests/test_data/modules/ci/zero-module.yml
+++ b/tests/test_data/modules/ci/zero-module.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ template:
   delimiters:
     - "<%"
     - "%>"
-  output: "github/test"
+  inputDir: 'templates'
+  outputDir: ".circleci"
 
 # required context parameters: will throw a warning message at the end if any of the context parameters are not present
 # contextRequired: