diff --git a/lib/mailer.js b/lib/mailer.js
index ee48d1f..fd79fb0 100644
--- a/lib/mailer.js
+++ b/lib/mailer.js
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ const factory = (options) => {
     check(template, Match.ObjectIncluding({
       path: String,
       name: String,
+      packageFolderName: Match.Optional(String),
       scss: Match.Optional(String),
       css: Match.Optional(String),
       layout: Match.Optional(Match.OneOf(Boolean, {
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ const factory = (options) => {
     let content = null;
 
     try {
-      content = Utils.readFile(template.path);
+      content = Utils.readFile(template.path, template.packageFolderName);
     } catch (ex) {
       Utils.Logger.error(`Could not read template file: ${template.path}`, TAG);
       return false;
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ const factory = (options) => {
     const layout = template.layout || options.layout;
 
     if (layout && template.layout !== false) {
-      const layoutContent = Utils.readFile(layout.path);
+      const layoutContent = Utils.readFile(layout.path, template.packageFolderName);
       SSR.compileTemplate(layout.name, layoutContent, {
         language: settings.language
       });
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ const factory = (options) => {
       // the layout in `<style>` tags. Ideal for media queries.
       if (template.extraCSS) {
         try {
-          css = Utils.readFile(template.extraCSS);
+          css = Utils.readFile(template.extraCSS, template.packageFolderName);
         } catch (ex) {
           Utils.Logger.error(
             `Could not add extra CSS when rendering ${templateName}: ${ex.message}`, TAG);
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ const factory = (options) => {
     }
   };
 
-  const init = () => {
+  const initFactory = () => {
     if (options.templates) {
       _.each(options.templates, (template, name) => {
         template.name = name;
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ const factory = (options) => {
     precompile: compile,
     render: render,
     send: sendEmail,
-    init
+    initFactory
   };
 };
 
@@ -302,5 +303,5 @@ Mailer.init = function(opts) {
     obj.use(Routing);
   }
 
-  obj.init();
+  obj.initFactory();
 };
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 1367893..830e1bd 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ const developmentPrivateDir = () => {
   return path.join(meteorRoot, 'private');
 };
 
+const developmentPackagesPrivateDir = () => {
+  if (!isDevEnv())
+    return;
+  const meteorRoot = process.cwd().replace(/(\.meteor.*)/g, '');
+  return path.join(meteorRoot, '.meteor', 'local', 'build', 'programs', 'server', 'assets', 'packages');
+};
+
 const productionPrivateDir = () => {
   if (isDevEnv())
     return;
@@ -40,8 +47,10 @@ const productionPrivateDir = () => {
 const privateDir = process.env.BUNDLE_PATH || process.env.APP_DIR || productionPrivateDir();
 
 let ROOT = privateDir && path.join(privateDir, 'programs', 'server', 'assets', 'app');
+let PACKAGES_ROOT = privateDir && path.join(privateDir, 'programs','server', 'assets', 'packages');
 
 ROOT = ROOT || developmentPrivateDir();
+PACKAGES_ROOT = PACKAGES_ROOT || developmentPackagesPrivateDir();
 
 Utils = {
   // Takes an HTML string and outputs a text version of it. Catches and logs errors.
@@ -110,12 +119,12 @@ Utils = {
       let content = html;
 
       if (template.css) {
-        const css = Utils.readFile(template.css);
+        const css = Utils.readFile(template.css, template.packageFolderName);
         content = juice.inlineContent(content, css, juiceOpts);
       }
 
       if (template.scss) {
-        const scss = Utils.toCSS(template.scss);
+        const scss = Utils.toCSS(template.scss, template.packageFolderName);
         content = juice.inlineContent(content, scss, juiceOpts);
       }
 
@@ -131,27 +140,31 @@ Utils = {
     return '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">\n' + html;
   },
 
-  readFile: function(relativePathFromApp) {
-    const file = path.join(ROOT, relativePathFromApp);
+  readFile: function(relativePathFromApp, packageFolderName) {
+    const file = packageFolderName ?
+      path.join(PACKAGES_ROOT, packageFolderName, relativePathFromApp)
+      : path.join(ROOT, relativePathFromApp);
 
     try {
       return fs.readFileSync(file, {
         encoding: 'utf8'
       });
-
     } catch (ex) {
+      Utils.Logger.error(`Could not find file: ${file}, ${ex.message}`, TAG);
       throw new Meteor.Error(500, `Could not find file: ${file}`, ex.message);
     }
   },
 
   // Take a path to a SCSS file and compiles it to CSS with `node-sass`.
-  toCSS: function(scss) {
+  toCSS: function(scss, packageFolderName) {
     if (!Package['chrisbutler:node-sass']) {
       Utils.Logger.warn('Sass support is opt-in since lookback:emails@0.5.0. Please add chrisbutler:node-sass from Atmosphere and try again.', TAG);
       return Utils.readFile(scss);
     }
 
-    const file = path.join(ROOT, scss);
+    const file = packageFolderName ?
+      path.join(PACKAGES_ROOT, packageFolderName, scss)
+      : path.join(ROOT, scss);
     const sass = Package['chrisbutler:node-sass'].sass;
 
     try {
diff --git a/package.js b/package.js
index 1597850..51fe7f2 100644
--- a/package.js
+++ b/package.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Package.onUse(function(api) {
     'underscore',
     'email',
     'sacha:juice@0.1.3',
-    'meteorhacks:ssr@2.1.2',
+    'meteorhacks:ssr@2.2.0',
     'meteorhacks:picker@1.0.3'
   ], where);
 
