diff --git a/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/TrackingClient.java b/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/TrackingClient.java
index b8863643d5111e3cbdb3967522b850e3ef1be5c7..1857242294bc4d556c812a289e587788b4b13e90 100644
--- a/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/TrackingClient.java
+++ b/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/TrackingClient.java
@@ -16,8 +16,14 @@
 
 package ch.ethz.bsse.cisd.dsu.tracking.main;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+
 import ch.ethz.bsse.cisd.dsu.tracking.email.EntityTrackingEmailGenerator;
 import ch.ethz.bsse.cisd.dsu.tracking.email.IEntityTrackingEmailGenerator;
 import ch.ethz.bsse.cisd.dsu.tracking.utils.LogUtils;
@@ -38,6 +44,8 @@ public class TrackingClient
 
     private static final String LOCAL_STORAGE_FILE = "etc/tracking-local-database";
 
+    private static final String EMAIL_TEMPLATE_FILE = "etc/tracking-email.template";
+
     public static void main(String[] args)
     {
         try
@@ -59,9 +67,8 @@ public class TrackingClient
         Parameters params = new Parameters(props);
 
         ITrackingServer trackingServer = createOpenBISTrackingServer(params);
-        // TODO 2009--, Tomasz Pylak: load template from file
         IEntityTrackingEmailGenerator emailGenerator =
-                new EntityTrackingEmailGenerator(props, "BEGINNING \n{generated-content}\n END!");
+                new EntityTrackingEmailGenerator(props, retrieveEmailTemplate());
         IMailClient mailClient = params.getMailClient();
         TrackingBO trackingBO = new TrackingBO(trackingServer, emailGenerator, mailClient);
 
@@ -97,6 +104,23 @@ public class TrackingClient
         }
     }
 
+    private static String retrieveEmailTemplate()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return IOUtils.toString(new FileReader(new File(EMAIL_TEMPLATE_FILE)));
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
+        {
+            throw LogUtils.environmentError("Couldn't find email template file '%s'.",
+                    EMAIL_TEMPLATE_FILE);
+        } catch (IOException ex)
+        {
+            throw LogUtils.environmentError(
+                    "Exception has occured while trying to read template file '%s':%s",
+                    EMAIL_TEMPLATE_FILE, ex.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
     private static EnvironmentFailureException createAuthentificationException(Parameters params,
             Exception exOrNull)
     {