diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/template/Editor.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/template/Editor.vue
index 1c59e4218e..8759b048fa 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/template/Editor.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/template/Editor.vue
@@ -535,6 +535,13 @@ async function importTemplate() {
           title: '',
           columns: table.columns || [],
         })
+
+        // column_name could have been updated in tableCreate
+        // e.g. sanitize column name to something like field_1, field_2, and etc
+        createdTable.columns.forEach((column, i) => {
+          table.columns[i].column_name = column.column_name
+        })
+
         table.id = createdTable.id
         table.title = createdTable.title