diff --git a/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc b/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
index b85ec1680f..0241721722 100644
--- a/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
+++ b/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
@@ -1839,6 +1839,8 @@ int VirtualMachine::new_snapshot(string& name)
 
     snap->replace("ACTIVE", "YES");
 
+    obj_template->set(snap);
+
     return 0;
 }