diff --git a/Moose Development/Moose/Core/Database.lua b/Moose Development/Moose/Core/Database.lua
index 65281c860..cbfa62555 100644
--- a/Moose Development/Moose/Core/Database.lua	
+++ b/Moose Development/Moose/Core/Database.lua	
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ function DATABASE:Spawn( SpawnTemplate )
   SpawnTemplate.CountryID = nil
   SpawnTemplate.CategoryID = nil
 
-  self:_RegisterGroupTemplate( SpawnTemplate, SpawnCoalitionID, SpawnCategoryID, SpawnCountryID  )
+  self:_RegisterGroupTemplate( SpawnTemplate, SpawnCoalitionID, SpawnCategoryID, SpawnCountryID, SpawnTemplate.name  )
 
   self:T3( SpawnTemplate )
   coalition.addGroup( SpawnCountryID, SpawnCategoryID, SpawnTemplate )
diff --git a/Moose Development/Moose/Core/Spawn.lua b/Moose Development/Moose/Core/Spawn.lua
index 68e3a10a8..01b8d11d9 100644
--- a/Moose Development/Moose/Core/Spawn.lua	
+++ b/Moose Development/Moose/Core/Spawn.lua	
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ function SPAWN:NewFromTemplate( SpawnTemplate, SpawnTemplatePrefix, SpawnAliasPr
   end
 
   if SpawnTemplate then
-    self.SpawnTemplate = SpawnTemplate -- Contains the template structure for a Group Spawn from the Mission Editor. Note that this group must have lateActivation always on!!!
+    self.SpawnTemplate = UTILS.DeepCopy(SpawnTemplate) -- Contains the template structure for a Group Spawn from the Mission Editor. Note that this group must have lateActivation always on!!!
     self.SpawnTemplatePrefix = SpawnTemplatePrefix
     self.SpawnAliasPrefix = SpawnAliasPrefix or SpawnTemplatePrefix
     self.SpawnTemplate.name = SpawnTemplatePrefix