diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index b331883..73e1fea 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ def expand_for_loop(props):
     return expand
 
 
-def get_ssh_props(data):
+def get_ssh_props(data, hosts):
     props = list()
 
+    if data.get('template'):
+        props = list(hosts[data.get('template')])
+
     for k, v in data["ssh_props"].items():
         if isinstance(v, list):
             for x in v:
@@ -79,6 +82,16 @@ def get_ssh_props(data):
     return props
 
 
+def remove_templates(expanded, data):
+    hosts = dict(expanded)
+
+    for host, props in data.items():
+        if host.startswith('__'):
+            del hosts[host]
+
+    return hosts
+
+
 def stringify_booleans(props):
     pattern = re.compile(r"(True|False)$")
 
@@ -101,7 +114,7 @@ def parse_yaml(data):
 
     for host, props in data.items():
         parsed = list()
-        parsed.extend(get_ssh_props(props))
+        parsed.extend(get_ssh_props(props, expanded))
         parsed.extend(expand_for_loop(props))
 
         parsed = stringify_booleans(parsed)
@@ -109,6 +122,7 @@ def parse_yaml(data):
 
         expanded[host] = sorted(parsed)
 
+    expanded = remove_templates(expanded, data)
     return expanded