diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/CopyTemplate.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/CopyTemplate.php
index f50f5bf3..f4598804 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/CopyTemplate.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/CopyTemplate.php
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ class CopyTemplate extends Controller
         // get template path
         $template = Template::findOrFail($oldTemplateId);
 
+        // @todo add check for uniqueness of template_name
+
+        // get template path
+        $template = Template::findOrFail($oldTemplateId);
+
+        $namespace = null;
+        if (strpos($template->template_name, '::')) {
+            list($namespace) = explode('::', $template->template_name);
+            $namespace .= '::';
+        }
+
         // get template absolute paths
         $realTemplatePath = $template->getPathToTemplate();
         $customTemplatePath = $template->getPathToTemplate(Template::CUSTOM_EDIT_DIRECTORY);
@@ -44,7 +55,7 @@ class CopyTemplate extends Controller
 
         // insert record into database (**custom paths are not crawled)
         $newTemplate = Template::create([
-                                            'template_name' => $newName,
+                                            'template_name' => $namespace . $newName,
                                             'name'          => $newName,
                                             'path'          => $template->path,
                                             'module_id'     => $template->module_id,