diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/index.ts
index 92c9090376..8a27ffd658 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
  */
 
 export { router } from './plugin';
+export const createScaffolder = () => {};
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/logger.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/logger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3a4a4e26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/logger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+import * as winston from 'winston';
+
+export const logger = winston.createLogger({
+  level: 'info',
+  format: winston.format.json(),
+  transports: [
+    //
+    // - Write all logs with level `error` and below to `error.log`
+    // - Write all logs with level `info` and below to `combined.log`
+    //
+    new winston.transports.File({ filename: 'error.log', level: 'error' }),
+    new winston.transports.File({ filename: 'combined.log' }),
+  ],
+});
+
+//
+// If we're not in production then log to the `console` with the format:
+// `${info.level}: ${info.message} JSON.stringify({ ...rest }) `
+//
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+  logger.add(
+    new winston.transports.Console({
+      format: winston.format.simple(),
+    }),
+  );
+}
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/repo/disk.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/repo/disk.ts
index 60eb46b9c6..57a2c3f013 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/repo/disk.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/repo/disk.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import glob from 'glob';
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { logger } from 'lib/logger';
 import { Template, RepositoryBase as Base } from '.';
 
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ export class DiskRepository implements Base {
   private repository: Template[] = [];
   private localIndex: DiskIndexEntry[] = [];
 
-  constructor(private repoDir = `${__dirname}/templates`) {
-    this.reindex();
-  }
-
+  constructor(private repoDir = `${__dirname}/templates`) {}
   public async list(): Promise<Template[]> {
+    if (this.repository.length === 0) {
+      await this.reindex();
+    }
+
     return this.repository;
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/cookiecutter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/cookiecutter.ts
index d3d84c6e12..f998e7d854 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/cookiecutter.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templater/cookiecutter.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { TemplaterBase, TemplaterRunOptions } from '.';
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
 class CookieCutter implements TemplaterBase {
   public async run(options: TemplaterRunOptions): Promise<string> {