diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/Root/Root.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/Root/Root.tsx
index 61adbe9ddc..2831ff0a72 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/Root/Root.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/Root/Root.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { Link, makeStyles, Typography } from '@material-ui/core';
 import HomeIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Home';
 import AccountCircle from '@material-ui/icons/AccountCircle';
+import CreateComponentIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Create';
 import AccountTreeIcon from '@material-ui/icons/AccountTree';
 import {
   Sidebar,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ const Root: FC<{}> = ({ children }) => (
       <SidebarSpacer />
       <SidebarDivider />
       <SidebarItem icon={HomeIcon} to="/" text="Home" />
+      <SidebarItem icon={CreateComponentIcon} to="/scaffolder" text="Create" />
       <SidebarItem icon={AccountTreeIcon} to="/inventory" text="Inventory" />
       <SidebarItem icon={AccountCircle} to="/login" text="Login" />
       <SidebarDivider />
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/repo/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/repo/index.ts
index 358e8efd8c..a4f9681bc2 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/repo/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/repo/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DiskRepository } from './disk';
+import { Repository as DiskRepository } from './disk';
 
 /*
  * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class RepositoryImplementation implements RepositoryBase {
   repo?: RepositoryBase;
 
   constructor() {
-    this.repo = new DiskRepository();
+    this.repo = DiskRepository;
   }
 
   public setRepository(repo: RepositoryBase) {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/cookiecutter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/cookiecutter.ts
index 219d511ef1..d3d84c6e12 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/cookiecutter.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/cookiecutter.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CookieCutter implements TemplaterBase {
     };
 
     await fs.writeJSON(options.directory, cookieInfo);
-
+    return '';
     // run cookie cutter with new json
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/index.ts
index fe07030cad..c2df7c41a5 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/index.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class TemplaterImplementation implements TemplaterBase {
   templater?: TemplaterBase;
 
   constructor() {
-    this.templater = new CookieCutterTemplaterutterTemplater();
+    this.templater = CookieCutterTemplater;
   }
 
   public setTemplater(templater: TemplaterBase) {