diff --git a/app/components/templates/templatesController.js b/app/components/templates/templatesController.js
index 62d32ae84..ca71e0ab9 100644
--- a/app/components/templates/templatesController.js
+++ b/app/components/templates/templatesController.js
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ function ($scope, $q, $state, $anchorScroll, Config, ContainerService, ImageServ
     selectedItem = idx;
     var selectedTemplate = $scope.templates[idx];
     $scope.state.selectedTemplate = selectedTemplate;
+    if (selectedTemplate.Network) {
+      $scope.formValues.network = _.find($scope.availableNetworks, function(o) { return o.Name === selectedTemplate.Network; });
+    } else {
+      $scope.formValues.network = _.find($scope.availableNetworks, function(o) { return o.Name === "bridge"; });
+    }
     $anchorScroll('selectedTemplate');
   }
 
@@ -94,8 +99,6 @@ function ($scope, $q, $state, $anchorScroll, Config, ContainerService, ImageServ
       networks = NetworkService.filterGlobalNetworks(networks);
       $scope.globalNetworkCount = networks.length;
       NetworkService.addPredefinedLocalNetworks(networks);
-    } else {
-      $scope.formValues.network = _.find(networks, function(o) { return o.Name === "bridge"; });
     }
     return networks;
   }
diff --git a/app/models/template.js b/app/models/template.js
index d65eae553..2849544d7 100644
--- a/app/models/template.js
+++ b/app/models/template.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ function TemplateViewModel(data) {
   this.Image = data.image;
   this.Registry = data.registry ? data.registry : '';
   this.Command = data.command ? data.command : '';
+  this.Network = data.network ? data.network : '';
   this.Env = data.env ? data.env : [];
   this.Volumes = data.volumes ? data.volumes : [];
   this.Ports = [];