diff --git a/crates/core/src/dom/component/stateful_component.rs b/crates/core/src/dom/component/stateful_component.rs
index 843c2fde1..e6ce2cc0f 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/dom/component/stateful_component.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/dom/component/stateful_component.rs
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ pub fn register_template<MSG>(
 where
     MSG: 'static,
 {
-    let (dom_template, vdom_template) = template::build_template(&view);
+    let (dom_template, vdom_template) = template::build_template(view);
     let template = TEMPLATE_LOOKUP.with_borrow_mut(|map| {
         if let Some(existing) = map.get(&type_id) {
             existing.clone_node_with_deep(true).expect("deep clone")
         } else {
+            log::info!("---->> Adding to template...");
             map.insert(type_id, dom_template.clone());
             dom_template
         }
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ where
     (template, vdom_template)
 }
 
+
 /// lookup for the template
 pub fn lookup_template(type_id: TypeId) -> Option<web_sys::Node> {
     TEMPLATE_LOOKUP.with_borrow_mut(|map| {
diff --git a/crates/core/src/dom/dom_node.rs b/crates/core/src/dom/dom_node.rs
index bbe19548f..88b5eb3a2 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/dom/dom_node.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/dom/dom_node.rs
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ where
         #[cfg(feature = "use-template")]
         {
             let template = lookup_template(comp.type_id).expect("must have a template");
+            //Note: we don't want the patches to be stored in the StatelessModel
+            //since it has a lifetime, which will infect the Node, Element, Attribute, etc
             let patches = diff(&comp.vdom_template, &comp.view);
             log::info!("patching template: {:#?}", patches);
             let dom_patches = self
diff --git a/examples/js-performance-benchmark-sauron/Cargo.toml b/examples/js-performance-benchmark-sauron/Cargo.toml
index a99ba4942..bdad507d4 100644
--- a/examples/js-performance-benchmark-sauron/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/js-performance-benchmark-sauron/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 [dependencies]
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
 getrandom = { version = "0.2.7", features = ["js"] }
-#sauron = { path = "../../../sauron", features = ["with-debug", "with-measure", "use-template"] }
-sauron = { path = "../../../sauron", features = ["with-debug", "with-measure"] }
+sauron = { path = "../../../sauron", features = ["with-debug", "with-measure", "use-template"] }
+#sauron = { path = "../../../sauron", features = ["with-debug", "with-measure"] }
 log = "0.4"
 console_log = "0.2"
 console_error_panic_hook = "0.1"