diff --git a/nginx/ban.lua b/nginx/ban.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a62df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/ban.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+local utils = require "plugins.crowdsec.utils"
+
+
+local M = {_TYPE='module', _NAME='ban.funcs', _VERSION='1.0-0'}
+
+M.template_str = ""
+M.redirect_location = ""
+M.ret_code = ngx.HTTP_FORBIDDEN
+
+
+function M.new(template_path, redirect_location, ret_code)
+    if utils.file_exist(template_path) == false then
+        return "ban template file doesn't exist, will ban without template"
+    else
+        M.template_str = utils.read_file(template_path)
+        if M.template_str == nil then
+            return "ban template file doesn't exist, will ban without template"
+        else
+    end
+    M.REDIRECT_LOCATION = redirect_location
+    M.ret_code = ret_code
+
+    return nil
+end
+
+
+function M.apply()
+    if M.redirect_location ~= "" then
+        ngx.redirect(M.redirect_location)
+    end
+    return
+    if template_str ~= "" then
+        ngx.header.content_type = "text/html"
+        ngx.say(template_str)
+    end
+    ngx.exit(ngx.ret_code)
+    return
+end
+
+return M
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nginx/template.conf b/nginx/template.conf
index 669956d..f285f24 100644
--- a/nginx/template.conf
+++ b/nginx/template.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MODE=stream
 EXCLUDE_LOCATION=
 #those apply for "ban" action
 # /!\ REDIRECT_LOCATION and RET_CODE can't be used together. REDIRECT_LOCATION take priority over RET_CODE
-BAN_TEMPLATE_PATH=/usr/local/lua/crowdsec/templates/captcha.html
+BAN_TEMPLATE_PATH=/usr/local/lua/crowdsec/templates/ban.html
 REDIRECT_LOCATION=
 RET_CODE=
 #those apply for "captcha" action