diff --git a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
index cd3ecf559ff..b4120866e9e 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
@@ -14513,55 +14513,60 @@ QgsFeature QgisApp::duplicateFeatureDigitized( QgsMapLayer *mlayer, const QgsFea
 }
 
 
-void QgisApp::populateProjectStorageMenu( QMenu *menu, bool saving )
+void QgisApp::populateProjectStorageMenu( QMenu *menu, const bool saving )
 {
   menu->clear();
   const QList<QgsProjectStorage *> storages = QgsApplication::projectStorageRegistry()->projectStorages();
-  QAction *action = menu->addAction( tr( "Templates" ) + QChar( 0x2026 ) ); // 0x2026 = ellipsis character
-  connect( action, &QAction::triggered, this, [ this ]
+
+  if ( saving )
   {
-    QgsSettings settings;
-    QString templateDirName = settings.value( QStringLiteral( "qgis/projectTemplateDir" ),
-        QgsApplication::qgisSettingsDirPath() + "project_templates" ).toString();
-
-    const QString originalFilename = QgsProject::instance()->fileName();
-    QString templateName = QFileInfo( originalFilename ).baseName();
-
-    if ( templateName.isEmpty() )
+    QAction *action = menu->addAction( tr( "Templates" ) + QChar( 0x2026 ) ); // 0x2026 = ellipsis character
+    connect( action, &QAction::triggered, this, [ this ]
     {
-      bool ok;
-      templateName = QInputDialog::getText( this, tr( "Template Name" ),
-                                            tr( "Name for the template" ), QLineEdit::Normal,
-                                            QString(), &ok );
+      QgsSettings settings;
+      QString templateDirName = settings.value( QStringLiteral( "qgis/projectTemplateDir" ),
+          QgsApplication::qgisSettingsDirPath() + "project_templates" ).toString();
+
+      const QString originalFilename = QgsProject::instance()->fileName();
+      QString templateName = QFileInfo( originalFilename ).baseName();
 
-      if ( !ok )
-        return;
       if ( templateName.isEmpty() )
       {
-        messageBar()->pushInfo( tr( "Template not saved" ), tr( "The template can not have an empty name." ) );
+        bool ok;
+        templateName = QInputDialog::getText( this, tr( "Template Name" ),
+                                              tr( "Name for the template" ), QLineEdit::Normal,
+                                              QString(), &ok );
+
+        if ( !ok )
+          return;
+        if ( templateName.isEmpty() )
+        {
+          messageBar()->pushInfo( tr( "Template not saved" ), tr( "The template can not have an empty name." ) );
+        }
       }
-    }
-    const QString filePath = templateDirName + QDir::separator() + templateName + QStringLiteral( ".qgz" );
-    if ( QFileInfo::exists( filePath ) )
-    {
-      QMessageBox msgBox( this );
-      msgBox.setWindowTitle( tr( "Overwrite template" ) );
-      msgBox.setText( tr( "The template %1 already exists, do you want to replace it?" ).arg( templateName ) );
-      msgBox.addButton( tr( "Overwrite" ), QMessageBox::YesRole );
-      auto cancelButton = msgBox.addButton( QMessageBox::Cancel );
-      msgBox.setIcon( QMessageBox::Question );
-      msgBox.exec();
-      if ( msgBox.clickedButton() == cancelButton )
+      const QString filePath = templateDirName + QDir::separator() + templateName + QStringLiteral( ".qgz" );
+      if ( QFileInfo::exists( filePath ) )
       {
-        return;
+        QMessageBox msgBox( this );
+        msgBox.setWindowTitle( tr( "Overwrite Template" ) );
+        msgBox.setText( tr( "The template %1 already exists, do you want to replace it?" ).arg( templateName ) );
+        msgBox.addButton( tr( "Overwrite" ), QMessageBox::YesRole );
+        auto cancelButton = msgBox.addButton( QMessageBox::Cancel );
+        msgBox.setIcon( QMessageBox::Question );
+        msgBox.exec();
+        if ( msgBox.clickedButton() == cancelButton )
+        {
+          return;
+        }
       }
-    }
 
-    QgsProject::instance()->write( filePath );
-    QgsProject::instance()->setFileName( originalFilename );
-    messageBar()->pushInfo( tr( "Template saved" ), tr( "Template %1 was saved" ).arg( templateName ) );
+      QgsProject::instance()->write( filePath );
+      QgsProject::instance()->setFileName( originalFilename );
+      messageBar()->pushInfo( tr( "Template saved" ), tr( "Template %1 was saved" ).arg( templateName ) );
+
+    } );
+  }
 
-  } );
   for ( QgsProjectStorage *storage : storages )
   {
     QString name = storage->visibleName();