diff --git a/fastapi_chameleon/engine.py b/fastapi_chameleon/engine.py
index d06ef8b..dd912da 100644
--- a/fastapi_chameleon/engine.py
+++ b/fastapi_chameleon/engine.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import inspect
 import os
 from functools import wraps
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Union, Callable
 
 import fastapi
 from chameleon import PageTemplateLoader, PageTemplate
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def response(template_file: str, mimetype='text/html', status_code=200, **templa
     return fastapi.Response(content=html, media_type=mimetype, status_code=status_code)
 
 
-def template(template_file: Optional[str] = None, mimetype: str = 'text/html'):
+def template(template_file: Optional[Union[Callable, str]] = None, mimetype: str = 'text/html'):
     """
     Decorate a FastAPI view method to render an HTML response.
 
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ def template(template_file: Optional[str] = None, mimetype: str = 'text/html'):
     :return: Decorator to be consumed by FastAPI
     """
 
+    wrapped_function = None
+    if callable(template_file):
+        wrapped_function = template_file
+        template_file = None
+
     def response_inner(f):
         nonlocal template_file
         global template_path
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ def template(template_file: Optional[str] = None, mimetype: str = 'text/html'):
         else:
             return sync_view_method
 
-    return response_inner
+    return response_inner(wrapped_function) if wrapped_function else response_inner
 
 
 def __render_response(template_file, response_val, mimetype):
diff --git a/tests/test_render.py b/tests/test_render.py
index 300f156..3d08043 100644
--- a/tests/test_render.py
+++ b/tests/test_render.py
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ def test_default_template_name_pt():
     assert '<h1>Hello default WORLD!</h1>' in html
 
 
+def test_default_template_name_no_parentheses():
+    @fc.template
+    def index(a, b, c):
+        return {'a': a, 'b': b, 'c': c, 'world': 'WORLD'}
+
+    resp = index(1, 2, 3)
+    assert isinstance(resp, fastapi.Response)
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    html = resp.body.decode('utf-8')
+    assert '<h1>Hello default WORLD!</h1>' in html
+
+
 def test_default_template_name_html():
     @fc.template()
     def details(a, b, c):