diff --git a/Contributing.md b/Contributing.md
index dfbd1b1e..501ca847 100644
--- a/Contributing.md
+++ b/Contributing.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Work on Issues
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 If you are not part of the core development team then you should only be performing work that addresses an open issue.
 
-So, if what you think needs doing isn't currently referred to in an [open issue](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/issues), then you should first [open an issue](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/issues/new/choose).
+So, if what you think needs doing isn't currently referred to in an [open issue](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/issues), then you should first [open an issue](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/issues/new/choose) **please use the correct template if applicable**.
 
 Check with us first
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 391e78c4..fe5c5371 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ Please see the [Troubleshooting](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/wiki/
 
 Reporting a problem
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-Please report a problem as a new GitHub [issue](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/issues/new). Please wait for the error to occur and zip up and attach this app's log file to the new issue:
+Please report a problem as a new GitHub [issue](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/issues/new?assignees=&labels=bug%2C+unconfirmed&template=bug_report.md&title=).
+Please wait for the error to occur and zip up and attach this app's log file to the new issue:
 
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