diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c2ee44f..5f8c232 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	Controllers "micrach/controllers"
 	Db "micrach/db"
 	Repositories "micrach/repositories"
+	Templates "micrach/templates"
 	Utils "micrach/utils"
 )
 
@@ -51,14 +52,8 @@ func main() {
 	router.Use(gin.Recovery())
 
 	router.SetFuncMap(template.FuncMap{
-		"Iterate": func(count int) []int {
-			var i int
-			var Items []int
-			for i = 1; i < count+1; i++ {
-				Items = append(Items, i)
-			}
-			return Items
-		},
+		"Iterate": Templates.Iterate,
+		"NotNil":  Templates.NotNil,
 	})
 	router.LoadHTMLGlob("templates/**/*")
 	router.ForwardedByClientIP = true
diff --git a/templates/components/header.html b/templates/components/header.html
index c8d78db..67cb1ef 100644
--- a/templates/components/header.html
+++ b/templates/components/header.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{ define "header" }}
 
-{{ if . }}
+{{ if NotNil . }}
   <a href="/" class="thread-title-link">
     <h1 class="display-1 text-center thread-title">
       {{ if ne . "" }}
diff --git a/templates/templates.go b/templates/templates.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af6dedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/templates.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package templates
+
+// Generates a slice of numbers
+func Iterate(count int) []int {
+	var i int
+	var Items []int
+	for i = 1; i < count+1; i++ {
+		Items = append(Items, i)
+	}
+	return Items
+}
+
+// Checks if the value is not nil
+func NotNil(v interface{}) bool {
+	return v != nil
+}