diff --git a/kernel/api/template.go b/kernel/api/template.go
index 90c770b6d..c706f2eb6 100644
--- a/kernel/api/template.go
+++ b/kernel/api/template.go
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ func renderTemplate(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	content, err := model.RenderTemplate(p, id)
+	preview := false
+	if previewArg := arg["preview"]; nil != previewArg {
+		preview = previewArg.(bool)
+	}
+
+	content, err := model.RenderTemplate(p, id, preview)
 	if nil != err {
 		ret.Code = -1
 		ret.Msg = util.EscapeHTML(err.Error())
diff --git a/kernel/model/file.go b/kernel/model/file.go
index 0d5228432..15d29c4ae 100644
--- a/kernel/model/file.go
+++ b/kernel/model/file.go
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ func CreateDailyNote(boxID string) (p string, existed bool, err error) {
 		if !gulu.File.IsExist(tplPath) {
 			logging.LogWarnf("not found daily note template [%s]", tplPath)
 		} else {
-			dom, err = renderTemplate(tplPath, id)
+			dom, err = renderTemplate(tplPath, id, false)
 			if nil != err {
 				logging.LogWarnf("render daily note template [%s] failed: %s", boxConf.DailyNoteTemplatePath, err)
 			}
diff --git a/kernel/model/template.go b/kernel/model/template.go
index 2d93529cb..c99098536 100644
--- a/kernel/model/template.go
+++ b/kernel/model/template.go
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ func DocSaveAsTemplate(id, name string, overwrite bool) (code int, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func RenderTemplate(p, id string) (string, error) {
-	return renderTemplate(p, id)
+func RenderTemplate(p, id string, preview bool) (string, error) {
+	return renderTemplate(p, id, preview)
 }
 
-func renderTemplate(p, id string) (string, error) {
+func renderTemplate(p, id string, preview bool) (string, error) {
 	tree, err := loadTreeByBlockID(id)
 	if nil != err {
 		return "", err
@@ -288,8 +288,10 @@ func renderTemplate(p, id string) (string, error) {
 				cloned := av.CloneAttributeView(attrView)
 				if nil != cloned {
 					n.AttributeViewID = cloned.ID
-					if saveErr := av.SaveAttributeView(cloned); nil != saveErr {
-						logging.LogErrorf("save attribute view [%s] failed: %s", cloned.ID, saveErr)
+					if !preview {
+						if saveErr := av.SaveAttributeView(cloned); nil != saveErr {
+							logging.LogErrorf("save attribute view [%s] failed: %s", cloned.ID, saveErr)
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}