diff --git a/include/AuthRequest.h b/include/AuthRequest.h
index 44623d92de..13e48f24c7 100644
--- a/include/AuthRequest.h
+++ b/include/AuthRequest.h
@@ -85,16 +85,16 @@ public:
      *        OBJECT:<-1|OBJECT_TMPL_XML64>:CREATE:UID:AUTH
      *
      *    @param type of the object to be created
-     *    @param template (base64 encoded) of the new object
+     *    @param txml template of the new object
      */
-     void add_create_auth(PoolObjectSQL::ObjectType type, const string& txml_64)
+     void add_create_auth(PoolObjectSQL::ObjectType type, const string& txml)
      {
          PoolObjectAuth perms; //oid & gid set to -1
 
          perms.uid      = uid;
          perms.obj_type = type;
 
-         add_auth(AuthRequest::CREATE, perms, txml_64);
+         add_auth(AuthRequest::CREATE, perms, txml);
      }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManagerVMTemplate.cc b/src/rm/RequestManagerVMTemplate.cc
index 5bae71254a..5f0952f115 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManagerVMTemplate.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManagerVMTemplate.cc
@@ -183,12 +183,11 @@ void VMTemplateInstantiate::request_execute(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList
 
         if (!str_uattrs.empty())
         {
-            PoolObjectAuth tmp_perms;
+            string tmpl_str;
 
-            perms.uid      = att.uid;
-            perms.obj_type = auth_object;
+            tmpl->to_xml(tmpl_str);
 
-            ar.add_auth(AuthRequest::CREATE, tmp_perms); //CREATE TEMPLATE
+            ar.add_create_auth(auth_object, tmpl_str); // CREATE TEMPLATE
         }
 
         VirtualMachine::set_auth_request(att.uid, ar, tmpl);