diff --git a/libyang/yangloader.c b/libyang/yangloader.c
index f258054..2596815 100644
--- a/libyang/yangloader.c
+++ b/libyang/yangloader.c
@@ -290,8 +290,6 @@ yangFileParse (yang_file_list_t *listp, const char *template,
     yfp = yangFileLoadContents(listp, template, name, filename,
 				sourcefile, dict, partial);
 
-    fclose(sourcefile);
-
 #if 0
     yfp->yf_main = yangFindMain(yfp);
     if (yfp->yf_main == NULL) {
diff --git a/libyang/yangparser.y b/libyang/yangparser.y
index ea9dfd9..9a0525c 100644
--- a/libyang/yangparser.y
+++ b/libyang/yangparser.y
@@ -1085,6 +1085,14 @@ explicit_named_template :
 	K_TEMPLATE template_name
 		{
 		    ALL_KEYWORDS_ON();
+
+		    /*
+		     * making a template, it has to be a child of the
+		     * 'root' node which is the stylesheet
+		     * note that this means that template procs must come
+		     * after modules
+		     */
+		    slaxPopToRoot(slax_data);
 		    slaxElementPush(slax_data, ELT_TEMPLATE,
 				    ATT_NAME, $2->ss_token);
 		    $$ = NULL;
diff --git a/libyang/yangstmt.c b/libyang/yangstmt.c
index 80da60c..1f6d80e 100644
--- a/libyang/yangstmt.c
+++ b/libyang/yangstmt.c
@@ -487,3 +487,17 @@ yangStmtInit (void)
     TAILQ_INIT(&yangStmtList);
     yangStmtInitBuiltin();
 }
+
+xmlNodePtr
+slaxPopToRoot (slax_data_t *sdp)
+{
+    xmlNodePtr node, node_save;
+
+    node = node_save = sdp->sd_ctxt->node;
+    while (node && node->parent && node->parent->parent)
+	node = node->parent;
+
+    sdp->sd_ctxt->node = node;
+
+    return node_save;
+}
diff --git a/libyang/yangstmt.h b/libyang/yangstmt.h
index 4816437..e25b0e6 100644
--- a/libyang/yangstmt.h
+++ b/libyang/yangstmt.h
@@ -164,3 +164,6 @@ yangStmtGetValue (slax_data_t *sdp, xmlNodePtr nodep, yang_stmt_t *ysp);
 
 void
 yangStmtCheckArgument (slax_data_t *sdp, slax_string_t *sp);
+
+xmlNodePtr
+slaxPopToRoot (slax_data_t *sdp);