diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c64821b..317f008b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 ### 🐞 Fixes
 
+- [#950](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/950): Fix for template is not applied to new content type when created
 - [#958](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/958): Fix variable frontmatter leads to error
 - [#984](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/984): Fix in `frontMatter.global.timezone` is invalid
 - [#1004](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/1004): Fix for `mediaDB.json` containing full paths on Windows instead of relative paths
diff --git a/src/helpers/ArticleHelper.ts b/src/helpers/ArticleHelper.ts
index bb592b8d..0c668202 100644
--- a/src/helpers/ArticleHelper.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/ArticleHelper.ts
@@ -149,12 +149,17 @@ export class ArticleHelper {
    * @returns A promise that resolves to the contents of the file, or undefined if the file does not exist.
    */
   public static async getContents(filePath: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
-    const file = await workspace.fs.readFile(Uri.file(parseWinPath(filePath)));
-    if (!file) {
+    try {
+      const file = await workspace.fs.readFile(Uri.file(parseWinPath(filePath)));
+      if (!file) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+
+      return new TextDecoder().decode(file);
+    } catch (error) {
+      Logger.error(`ArticleHelper.getContents: Failed to read file ${filePath}: ${error}`);
       return undefined;
     }
-
-    return new TextDecoder().decode(file);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/helpers/ContentType.ts b/src/helpers/ContentType.ts
index 40328609..26e74cff 100644
--- a/src/helpers/ContentType.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/ContentType.ts
@@ -956,8 +956,25 @@ export class ContentType {
         let templatePath = contentType.template;
         let templateData: ParsedFrontMatter | null | undefined = null;
         if (templatePath) {
-          templatePath = Folders.getAbsFilePath(templatePath);
-          templateData = await ArticleHelper.getFrontMatterByPath(templatePath);
+          try {
+            templatePath = Folders.getAbsFilePath(templatePath);
+            templateData = await ArticleHelper.getFrontMatterByPath(templatePath);
+            if (!templateData) {
+              Logger.warning(
+                `ContentType.create: Template file not found or could not be parsed: ${templatePath}`
+              );
+              Notifications.warning(
+                l10n.t(LocalizationKey.commonError) + ` Template not found: ${templatePath}`
+              );
+            }
+          } catch (error) {
+            Logger.error(
+              `ContentType.create: Error loading template from ${templatePath}: ${error}`
+            );
+            Notifications.error(
+              l10n.t(LocalizationKey.commonError) + ` Template loading failed: ${templatePath}`
+            );
+          }
         }
 
         const newFilePath: string | undefined = await ArticleHelper.createContent(