diff --git a/packages/lib/server-only/template/duplicate-template.ts b/packages/lib/server-only/template/duplicate-template.ts
index 963d78bde..9e22bf695 100644
--- a/packages/lib/server-only/template/duplicate-template.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/server-only/template/duplicate-template.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { omit } from 'remeda';
+
 import { nanoid } from '@documenso/lib/universal/id';
 import { prisma } from '@documenso/prisma';
 import type { Prisma } from '@documenso/prisma/client';
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ export const duplicateTemplate = async ({
       Recipient: true,
       Field: true,
       templateDocumentData: true,
+      templateMeta: true,
     },
   });
 
@@ -53,6 +56,14 @@ export const duplicateTemplate = async ({
     },
   });
 
+  let templateMeta: Prisma.TemplateCreateArgs['data']['templateMeta'] | undefined = undefined;
+
+  if (template.templateMeta) {
+    templateMeta = {
+      create: omit(template.templateMeta, ['id', 'templateId']),
+    };
+  }
+
   const duplicatedTemplate = await prisma.template.create({
     data: {
       userId,
@@ -66,8 +77,8 @@ export const duplicateTemplate = async ({
           token: nanoid(),
         })),
       },
+      templateMeta,
     },
-
     include: {
       Recipient: true,
     },
diff --git a/packages/ui/primitives/template-flow/add-template-settings.tsx b/packages/ui/primitives/template-flow/add-template-settings.tsx
index 73302ae55..165802015 100644
--- a/packages/ui/primitives/template-flow/add-template-settings.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/primitives/template-flow/add-template-settings.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { useEffect } from 'react';
 
 import { zodResolver } from '@hookform/resolvers/zod';
 import { Trans } from '@lingui/macro';
-import { useLingui } from '@lingui/react';
 import { InfoIcon } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 
@@ -74,8 +73,6 @@ export const AddTemplateSettingsFormPartial = ({
   template,
   onSubmit,
 }: AddTemplateSettingsFormProps) => {
-  const { _ } = useLingui();
-
   const { documentAuthOption } = extractDocumentAuthMethods({
     documentAuth: template.authOptions,
   });
@@ -102,7 +99,7 @@ export const AddTemplateSettingsFormPartial = ({
   // We almost always want to set the timezone to the user's local timezone to avoid confusion
   // when the document is signed.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!form.formState.touchedFields.meta?.timezone) {
+    if (!form.formState.touchedFields.meta?.timezone && !template.templateMeta?.timezone) {
       form.setValue('meta.timezone', Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone);
     }
   }, [form, form.setValue, form.formState.touchedFields.meta?.timezone]);