diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/workspace_git.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/workspace_git.test.ts
index 0a1e1ec63b..138b040a3e 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/workspace_git.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/workspace_git.test.ts
@@ -339,6 +339,36 @@ module.exports = {
     .waitForElementVisible('[data-id="treeViewDivtreeViewItemrecursive/plugins/build"]')
   },
 
+   // GIT SUBMODULES E2E ENDS
+
+   // GIT WORKSPACE E2E STARTS
+
+   'Should create a git workspace (uniswapV4Periphery) #group4': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+      .click('*[data-id="workspacesMenuDropdown"]')
+      .click('*[data-id="workspacecreate"]')
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="modalDialogCustomPromptTextCreate"]')
+      .waitForElementVisible('[data-id="fileSystemModalDialogModalFooter-react"] > button')
+      .click('select[id="wstemplate"]')
+      .click('select[id="wstemplate"] option[value=uniswapV4Periphery]')
+      .waitForElementPresent('[data-id="fileSystemModalDialogModalFooter-react"] .modal-ok')
+      .execute(function () { (document.querySelector('[data-id="fileSystemModalDialogModalFooter-react"] .modal-ok') as HTMLElement).click() })
+      .pause(100)
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="treeViewLitreeViewItemcontracts"]')
+      .openFile('contracts')
+      .openFile('contracts/hooks')
+      .openFile('contracts/hooks/examples')
+      .openFile('contracts/hooks/examples/FullRange.sol')
+      .pause(1000)
+      .getEditorValue((content) => {
+        browser.assert.ok(content.indexOf(`contract FullRange is BaseHook`) !== -1,
+          'Incorrect content')
+      })
+  }, 
+
+  // GIT WORKSPACE E2E ENDS
+
+
   tearDown: sauce,
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/workspace.ts b/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/workspace.ts
index c8dde8df05..e1c2469128 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/workspace.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/workspace.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import { IndexedDBStorage } from '../../../../../../apps/remix-ide/src/app/files
 import { getUncommittedFiles } from '../utils/gitStatusFilter'
 import { AppModal, ModalTypes } from '@remix-ui/app'
 import { contractDeployerScripts, etherscanScripts } from '@remix-project/remix-ws-templates'
-import { template } from 'lodash'
 
 declare global {
   interface Window {
@@ -193,14 +192,12 @@ export const createWorkspace = async (
 
 export const createWorkspaceTemplate = async (workspaceName: string, template: WorkspaceTemplate = 'remixDefault') => {
   const metadata = TEMPLATE_METADATA[template]
-  if (metadata) {
-    await plugin.call('dGitProvider', 'clone', {url: metadata.url, branch: metadata.branch}, TEMPLATE_NAMES[template])
-    return
-  }
   if (!workspaceName) throw new Error('workspace name cannot be empty')
   if (checkSpecialChars(workspaceName) || checkSlash(workspaceName)) throw new Error('special characters are not allowed')
   if ((await workspaceExists(workspaceName)) && template === 'remixDefault') throw new Error('workspace already exists')
-  else {
+  else if (metadata) {
+    await plugin.call('dGitProvider', 'clone', {url: metadata.url, branch: metadata.branch}, workspaceName)
+  } else {
     const workspaceProvider = plugin.fileProviders.workspace
     await workspaceProvider.createWorkspace(workspaceName)
   }