make askbot extend templates not in the askbot templates directory

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I am trying to make the base template extend another template while integrating askbot into my existing project and I keep getting the error TemplateNotFound

I think placing it directly in the askbot template directory would work, but I do not want to do that if I can avoid it. I should note that askbot is finding the template normally when I go to different pages in my site. Thanks