diff --git a/tools/miaou-create b/tools/miaou-create
index 7f93824..ae37a1f 100755
--- a/tools/miaou-create
+++ b/tools/miaou-create
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ EOF
 
 function build_template_from_scratch {
     build_sandbox_project
-    echo "building image from scratch..."
+    echo "building template from scratch..."
+    incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" launch "$MIAOU_IMAGE" "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX"
     incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" file delete "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX"/etc/apt/sources.list
     incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" file push --uid 0 --gid 0 --mode 644 --create-dirs /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX"/etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources
     cat << EOF | incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" file push --uid 0 --gid 0 --mode 644 --create-dirs - "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX"/etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/10-disable-ipv4-listener.conf
@@ -103,8 +104,6 @@ LLMNR=no
 DNSStubListener=no
 EOF
     mount_miaou_bash "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX" "$PROJECT_SANDBOX"
-
-    incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" create "$MIAOU_IMAGE" "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX"
     refresh_template
     echo "image:"$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX" from project:$PROJECT_SANDBOX built successfully!"
 }