diff --git a/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/.kubernator.py b/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/.kubernator.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36db9d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/.kubernator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# flake8: noqa
+import os
+
+ktor.app.register_plugin("minikube", k8s_version=os.environ["K8S_VERSION"],
+                         start_fresh=True, keep_running=False, profile="issue-47")
+ktor.app.register_plugin("k8s")
+ktor.app.register_plugin("templates")
diff --git a/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/.test.tmpl.yaml b/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/.test.tmpl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f91ceeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/.test.tmpl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: {${ values.name }$}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/apply/apply.tmpl.yaml b/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/apply/apply.tmpl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4741708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/apply/apply.tmpl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apply:
+  - name: test
+    values:
+      name: ns1
diff --git a/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/define.tmpl.yaml b/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/define.tmpl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f893e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47/define.tmpl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+define:
+- name: test
+  path: .test.tmpl.yaml
diff --git a/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47_tests.py b/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47_tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6345f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integrationtest/python/issue_47_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+#   Copyright 2020 Express Systems USA, Inc
+#   Copyright 2024 Karellen, Inc.
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
+from test_support import IntegrationTestSupport, unittest
+
+unittest  # noqa
+# Above import must be first
+
+from pathlib import Path  # noqa: E402
+import os  # noqa: E402
+import tempfile  # noqa: E402
+import yaml  # noqa: E402
+from pprint import pprint  # noqa: E402
+
+
+class Issue47Test(IntegrationTestSupport):
+    def test_issue_47(self):
+        test_dir = Path(__file__).parent / "issue_47"
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as results_dir:
+            results_file = Path(results_dir) / "results"
+            for k8s_version in (self.K8S_TEST_VERSIONS[-1],):
+                with self.subTest(k8s_version=k8s_version):
+                    os.environ["K8S_VERSION"] = k8s_version
+
+                    self.run_module_test("kubernator", "-p", str(test_dir),
+                                         "-v", "TRACE", "-f", str(results_file), "dump")
+
+                    with open(results_file, "rb") as f:
+                        results = list(yaml.safe_load_all(f))
+                        pprint(results)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/src/main/python/kubernator/plugins/template.py b/src/main/python/kubernator/plugins/template.py
index e0461e0..b817419 100644
--- a/src/main/python/kubernator/plugins/template.py
+++ b/src/main/python/kubernator/plugins/template.py
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ def render_template(self, name, source, values=()) -> str:
             raise ValueError(f"Template with a name {name} does not exist")
 
         template = self.templates[name]
-        logger.debug("Rendering template %s from %s in %s", name, template.source, source)
+        templ_source = _get_source(name, template.source, source)
+        logger.debug("Rendering %s", templ_source)
         rendered_template = template.render(self.context, values)
 
         if self.template_engine.failures():
-            raise ValueError(f"Unable to render template {name} from {template.source} in {source} "
-                             "due to undefined required variables")
+            raise ValueError(f"Unable to render template {templ_source} due to undefined required variables")
 
         return rendered_template
 
@@ -174,8 +174,9 @@ def apply_template(self, name, values=(), source=None):
 
         rendered_template = self.render_template(name, source, values)
         template = self.templates[name]
-        logger.info("Applying template %s from %s", name, template.source)
-        self.context.k8s.add_resources(rendered_template, source=template.source)
+        templ_source = _get_source(name, template.source, source)
+        logger.info("Applying %s", templ_source)
+        self.context.k8s.add_resources(rendered_template, source=templ_source)
 
     def _process_template_doc(self, template_doc, source):
         logger.info("Processing Kubernator template from %s", source)
@@ -209,3 +210,9 @@ def _add_parsed_template(self, source, *, name, path, defaults):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "Template Plugin"
+
+
+def _get_source(name, template_def_source, template_appl_source):
+    return "template %r from %s%s" % (name, template_def_source,
+                                      "" if template_def_source == template_appl_source else
+                                      " in %s" % template_appl_source)