diff --git a/services/web/client/source/class/osparc/component/export/SaveAsTemplate.js b/services/web/client/source/class/osparc/component/export/SaveAsTemplate.js
index 4390e876bec..c8409870c25 100644
--- a/services/web/client/source/class/osparc/component/export/SaveAsTemplate.js
+++ b/services/web/client/source/class/osparc/component/export/SaveAsTemplate.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 qx.Class.define("osparc.component.export.SaveAsTemplate", {
   extend: qx.ui.core.Widget,
 
-  construct: function(studyId, formData) {
+  construct: function (studyId, formData) {
     this.base(arguments);
 
     this.__studyId = studyId;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ qx.Class.define("osparc.component.export.SaveAsTemplate", {
   },
 
   statics: {
-    createSaveAsTemplateWindow: function(saveAsTemplate) {
+    createSaveAsTemplateWindow: function (saveAsTemplate) {
       const window = new qx.ui.window.Window("Save as Template").set({
         appearance: "service-window",
         layout: new qx.ui.layout.Grow(),
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ qx.Class.define("osparc.component.export.SaveAsTemplate", {
     __formData: null,
     __shareWith: null,
 
-    __buildLayout: function() {
+    __buildLayout: function () {
       const shareWith = this.__shareWith = new osparc.component.export.ShareWith("saveAsTemplate");
       this._add(shareWith, {
         flex: 1
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ qx.Class.define("osparc.component.export.SaveAsTemplate", {
       this._add(saveAsTemplateBtn);
     },
 
-    __saveAsTemplate: function(btn) {
+    __saveAsTemplate: function (btn) {
       btn.setFetching(true);
 
       const selectedGroupIDs = this.__shareWith.getSelectedGroups();
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ qx.Class.define("osparc.component.export.SaveAsTemplate", {
 
       const params = {
         url: {
-          "study_url": this.__studyId
+          "study_id": this.__studyId
         },
         data: this.__formData
       };
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/projects_utils.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/projects_utils.py
index c8a59316806..0e7b92d3f6d 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/projects_utils.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/projects_utils.py
@@ -32,9 +32,16 @@ def _create_new_node_uuid(old_uuid):
     for node_uuid in project.get("workbench", {}).keys():
         nodes_map[node_uuid] = _create_new_node_uuid(node_uuid)
 
+    project_map = {project["uuid"]: project_copy["uuid"]}
+
     def _replace_uuids(node):
         if isinstance(node, str):
-            node = nodes_map.get(node, node)
+            # NOTE: for datasets we get something like project_uuid/node_uuid/file_id
+            if "/" in node:
+                parts = node.split("/")
+                node = "/".join(_replace_uuids(part) for part in parts)
+            else:
+                node = project_map.get(node, nodes_map.get(node, node))
         elif isinstance(node, list):
             node = [_replace_uuids(item) for item in node]
         elif isinstance(node, dict):
@@ -44,12 +51,14 @@ def _replace_uuids(node):
                     new_key = nodes_map[key]
                     node[new_key] = node.pop(key)
                     key = new_key
+
                 node[key] = _replace_uuids(value)
         return node
 
     project_copy["workbench"] = _replace_uuids(project_copy.get("workbench", {}))
     return project_copy, nodes_map
 
+
 @safe_return(if_fails_return=False, logger=log)
 def substitute_parameterized_inputs(
     parameterized_project: Dict, parameters: Dict
@@ -74,7 +83,10 @@ def _normalize_value(s):
             return s
 
     def _get_param_input_match(name, value, access) -> Optional[Match[AnyStr]]:
-        if isinstance(value, str) and access.get(name, "ReadAndWrite") == "ReadAndWrite":
+        if (
+            isinstance(value, str)
+            and access.get(name, "ReadAndWrite") == "ReadAndWrite"
+        ):
             match = variable_pattern.match(value)
             return match
         return None