diff --git a/uSync.Core/Serialization/Serializers/ContentTemplateSerializer.cs b/uSync.Core/Serialization/Serializers/ContentTemplateSerializer.cs
index 33d195af..dad7d6d0 100644
--- a/uSync.Core/Serialization/Serializers/ContentTemplateSerializer.cs
+++ b/uSync.Core/Serialization/Serializers/ContentTemplateSerializer.cs
@@ -159,6 +159,20 @@ public override Task SaveItemAsync(IContent item)
             contentService.SaveBlueprint(item);
         });
 
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///  has to save via SaveBlueprint, the inherited ContentSerializer.SaveAsync would
+    ///  save through IContentService.Save, and that persists the item with the Document
+    ///  node object type - so the blueprint stops being a blueprint.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public override Task SaveAsync(IEnumerable<IContent> items)
+        => uSyncTaskHelper.FromResultOf(() =>
+        {
+            foreach (var item in items)
+            {
+                contentService.SaveBlueprint(item);
+            }
+        });
+
     public override Task DeleteItemAsync(IContent item)
         => uSyncTaskHelper.FromResultOf(() =>
         {