diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/daos/IOrderElementTemplateDAO.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/daos/IOrderElementTemplateDAO.java
index 479aa3458..259d7c168 100644
--- a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/daos/IOrderElementTemplateDAO.java
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/daos/IOrderElementTemplateDAO.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  */
 package org.navalplanner.business.templates.daos;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.navalplanner.business.common.daos.IGenericDAO;
 import org.navalplanner.business.templates.entities.OrderElementTemplate;
 
@@ -29,4 +31,6 @@ import org.navalplanner.business.templates.entities.OrderElementTemplate;
 public interface IOrderElementTemplateDAO extends
         IGenericDAO<OrderElementTemplate, Long> {
 
+    List<OrderElementTemplate> getRootTemplates();
+
 }
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/daos/OrderElementTemplateDAO.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/daos/OrderElementTemplateDAO.java
index b5fd4b696..5218b5c51 100644
--- a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/daos/OrderElementTemplateDAO.java
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/daos/OrderElementTemplateDAO.java
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@
  */
 package org.navalplanner.business.templates.daos;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.Query;
 import org.navalplanner.business.common.daos.GenericDAOHibernate;
 import org.navalplanner.business.templates.entities.OrderElementTemplate;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
 
 /**
@@ -36,4 +40,13 @@ public class OrderElementTemplateDAO extends
         GenericDAOHibernate<OrderElementTemplate, Long> implements
         IOrderElementTemplateDAO {
 
+    @Override
+    @Transactional(readOnly = true)
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public List<OrderElementTemplate> getRootTemplates() {
+        Query query = getSession().createQuery(
+                "select t from OrderElementTemplate t where t.parent = NULL");
+        return query.list();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/IOrderTemplatesModel.java b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/IOrderTemplatesModel.java
index ed40955b7..f5e7abac3 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/IOrderTemplatesModel.java
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/IOrderTemplatesModel.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.navalplanner.business.templates.entities.OrderElementTemplate;
  */
 public interface IOrderTemplatesModel {
 
-    List<OrderElementTemplate> getTemplates();
+    List<OrderElementTemplate> getRootTemplates();
 
     void createTemplateFrom(OrderElement orderElement);
 
diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/OrderTemplatesController.java b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/OrderTemplatesController.java
index e3e2a621d..191886d0b 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/OrderTemplatesController.java
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/OrderTemplatesController.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class OrderTemplatesController extends GenericForwardComposer implements
     private IURLHandlerRegistry handlerRegistry;
 
     public List<OrderElementTemplate> getTemplates() {
-        return model.getTemplates();
+        return model.getRootTemplates();
     }
 
     private OnlyOneVisible getVisibility() {
diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/OrderTemplatesModel.java b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/OrderTemplatesModel.java
index bb5997dd7..24848f6c9 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/OrderTemplatesModel.java
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/OrderTemplatesModel.java
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ public class OrderTemplatesModel implements IOrderTemplatesModel {
     private OrderElementTemplate template;
 
     @Override
-    public List<OrderElementTemplate> getTemplates() {
-        return dao.list(OrderElementTemplate.class);
+    public List<OrderElementTemplate> getRootTemplates() {
+        return dao.getRootTemplates();
     }
 
     @Override