diff --git a/pkg/api/config/config.go b/pkg/api/config/config.go
index 699a4fa..f1f0534 100644
--- a/pkg/api/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/api/config/config.go
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) (*api.Configuration, error) {
 			if err := core.DecodeController(
 				buf,
 				func(tc core.TemplateController) error {
-					c.Controllers[tc.Metadata.Name] = template.New()
+					c.Controllers[tc.Metadata.Name] = template.New(
+						template.WithListTemplate(tc.Spec.Spec.ListTemplate),
+						template.WithResourceTemplate(tc.Spec.Spec.ResourceTemplate),
+					)
 					return nil
 				},
 				func(w core.WASMController) error {
diff --git a/pkg/api/core/controller.go b/pkg/api/core/controller.go
index 31387a3..96b752f 100644
--- a/pkg/api/core/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/api/core/controller.go
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ type ControllerSpec[T any] struct {
 }
 
 type TemplateControllerSpec struct {
-	DirectoryTemplate string `json:"directory_template"`
-	PathTemplate      string `json:"path_template"`
+	ListTemplate     string `json:"list_template"`
+	ResourceTemplate string `json:"resource_template"`
 }
 
 type WASMControllerSpec struct {
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/template/template.go b/pkg/controllers/template/template.go
index 9218b0e..c73d9f1 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/template/template.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/template/template.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultNamespaceTmpl = `{{ .Namespace }}/*.json`
-	defaultResourceTmpl  = `{{ .Namespace }}/{{ .Group }}-{{ .Version }}-{{ .Kind }}-{{ .Name }}.json`
+	defaultListTmpl     = `{{ .Namespace }}/{{ .Group }}-{{ .Version }}-{{ .Kind }}-*.json`
+	defaultResourceTmpl = `{{ .Namespace }}/{{ .Group }}-{{ .Version }}-{{ .Kind }}-{{ .Name }}.json`
 )
 
 var funcs = template.FuncMap{
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type ResourceEncoding interface {
 // encoding them using the provided marshaller.
 type Controller struct {
 	encoding     ResourceEncoding
-	nsTmpl       *template.Template
+	listTmpl     *template.Template
 	resourceTmpl *template.Template
 }
 
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ func New(opts ...containers.Option[Controller]) *Controller {
 			Prefix: "",
 			Indent: "  ",
 		},
-		nsTmpl: template.Must(template.New("ns").
+		listTmpl: template.Must(template.New("list").
 			Funcs(funcs).
-			Parse(defaultNamespaceTmpl),
+			Parse(defaultListTmpl),
 		),
 		resourceTmpl: template.Must(template.New("resource").
 			Funcs(funcs).
@@ -72,6 +72,37 @@ func WithResourceEncoding(e ResourceEncoding) containers.Option[Controller] {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithListTemplate lets you override the default namespace template
+// for identifying which files should be respected and returned for a given
+// resource type and namespace
+func WithListTemplate(tmpl string) containers.Option[Controller] {
+	if tmpl == "" {
+		return func(c *Controller) {}
+	}
+
+	return func(c *Controller) {
+		c.listTmpl = template.Must(template.New("list").
+			Funcs(funcs).
+			Parse(tmpl),
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+// WithResourceTemplate lets you override the default resource template
+// for identifying which file relates to the requested resource
+func WithResourceTemplate(tmpl string) containers.Option[Controller] {
+	if tmpl == "" {
+		return func(c *Controller) {}
+	}
+
+	return func(c *Controller) {
+		c.resourceTmpl = template.Must(template.New("resource").
+			Funcs(funcs).
+			Parse(tmpl),
+		)
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *Controller) Get(_ context.Context, req *controllers.GetRequest) (_ *core.Resource, err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
@@ -103,7 +134,7 @@ func (c *Controller) List(_ context.Context, req *controllers.ListRequest) (reso
 	}()
 
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	if err := c.nsTmpl.Execute(buf, req); err != nil {
+	if err := c.listTmpl.Execute(buf, req); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}