diff --git a/src/backend/core/api/serializers.py b/src/backend/core/api/serializers.py
index 1ff04fe4..b7450dc9 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/api/serializers.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/api/serializers.py
@@ -157,16 +157,6 @@ class TemplateSerializer(BaseResourceSerializer):
         ]
         read_only_fields = ["id", "accesses", "abilities"]
 
-    def to_representation(self, instance):
-        """
-        Modify the output of serialization.
-        """
-        representation = super().to_representation(instance)
-        # Remove 'css' and 'code' from the representation
-        representation.pop("css", None)
-        representation.pop("code", None)
-        return representation
-
 
 # pylint: disable=abstract-method
 class DocumentGenerationSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/documents/test_api_documents_retrieve.py b/src/backend/core/tests/documents/test_api_documents_retrieve.py
index 4abc1c58..58585bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/documents/test_api_documents_retrieve.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/documents/test_api_documents_retrieve.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def test_api_documents_retrieve_authenticated_related_direct():
         "id": str(document.id),
         "title": document.title,
         "abilities": document.get_abilities(user),
-        'is_public': document.is_public,
+        "is_public": document.is_public,
     }
 
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def test_api_documents_retrieve_authenticated_related_team_members(
         "id": str(document.id),
         "title": document.title,
         "abilities": document.get_abilities(user),
-        'is_public': False,
+        "is_public": False,
     }
 
 
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def test_api_documents_retrieve_authenticated_related_team_administrators(
         "id": str(document.id),
         "title": document.title,
         "abilities": document.get_abilities(user),
-        'is_public': False,
+        "is_public": False,
     }
 
 
@@ -445,5 +445,5 @@ def test_api_documents_retrieve_authenticated_related_team_owners(
         "id": str(document.id),
         "title": document.title,
         "abilities": document.get_abilities(user),
-        'is_public': False,
+        "is_public": False,
     }
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/templates/test_api_templates_retrieve.py b/src/backend/core/tests/templates/test_api_templates_retrieve.py
index 67cf03e8..bbffcae1 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/templates/test_api_templates_retrieve.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/templates/test_api_templates_retrieve.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ def test_api_templates_retrieve_anonymous_public():
         "title": template.title,
         "code_editor": {},
         "is_public": True,
+        "code": template.code,
+        "css": template.css,
     }
 
 
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ def test_api_templates_retrieve_authenticated_unrelated_public():
         "title": template.title,
         "code_editor": {},
         "is_public": True,
+        "code": template.code,
+        "css": template.css,
     }
 
 
@@ -139,6 +143,8 @@ def test_api_templates_retrieve_authenticated_related_direct():
         "abilities": template.get_abilities(user),
         "code_editor": {},
         "is_public": template.is_public,
+        "code": template.code,
+        "css": template.css,
     }
 
 
@@ -254,6 +260,8 @@ def test_api_templates_retrieve_authenticated_related_team_members(
         "abilities": template.get_abilities(user),
         "code_editor": {},
         "is_public": False,
+        "code": template.code,
+        "css": template.css,
     }
 
 
@@ -351,6 +359,8 @@ def test_api_templates_retrieve_authenticated_related_team_administrators(
         "abilities": template.get_abilities(user),
         "code_editor": {},
         "is_public": False,
+        "code": template.code,
+        "css": template.css,
     }
 
 
@@ -452,4 +462,6 @@ def test_api_templates_retrieve_authenticated_related_team_owners(
         "abilities": template.get_abilities(user),
         "code_editor": {},
         "is_public": False,
+        "code": template.code,
+        "css": template.css,
     }