diff --git a/src/oca/ruby/OpenNebula/Pool.rb b/src/oca/ruby/OpenNebula/Pool.rb
index 46ddc68652..3aaa3bbada 100644
--- a/src/oca/ruby/OpenNebula/Pool.rb
+++ b/src/oca/ruby/OpenNebula/Pool.rb
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ module OpenNebula
         def update(xml_method, new_template)
             return Error.new('ID not defined') if !@pe_id
 
-            new_template ||= template_xml.delete("\n").gsub(/\s+/m,'')
+            new_template ||= template_xml
 
             rc = @client.call(xml_method,@pe_id, new_template)
             rc = nil if !OpenNebula.is_error?(rc)