diff --git a/breathecode/registry/actions.py b/breathecode/registry/actions.py
index 6f804236d..080211f41 100644
--- a/breathecode/registry/actions.py
+++ b/breathecode/registry/actions.py
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ def pull_learnpack_asset(github, asset: Asset, override_meta):
     return asset
 
 
-def pull_project_dependencies(github, asset):
+def pull_repo_dependencies(github, asset):
     """
     Pulls the main programming languages and their versions from a GitHub repository.
 
diff --git a/breathecode/registry/migrations/0049_remove_asset_is_template_alter_asset_asset_type_and_more.py b/breathecode/registry/migrations/0049_remove_asset_is_template_alter_asset_asset_type_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47869900a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/breathecode/registry/migrations/0049_remove_asset_is_template_alter_asset_asset_type_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.1 on 2024-11-12 18:32
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("registry", "0048_asset_dependencies_asset_is_template_and_more"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="asset",
+            name="is_template",
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="asset",
+            name="asset_type",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[
+                    ("PROJECT", "Project"),
+                    ("STARTER", "Starter Template"),
+                    ("EXERCISE", "Exercise"),
+                    ("QUIZ", "Quiz"),
+                    ("LESSON", "Lesson"),
+                    ("VIDEO", "Video"),
+                    ("ARTICLE", "Article"),
+                ],
+                db_index=True,
+                max_length=20,
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="asseterrorlog",
+            name="asset_type",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True,
+                choices=[
+                    ("PROJECT", "Project"),
+                    ("STARTER", "Starter Template"),
+                    ("EXERCISE", "Exercise"),
+                    ("QUIZ", "Quiz"),
+                    ("LESSON", "Lesson"),
+                    ("VIDEO", "Video"),
+                    ("ARTICLE", "Article"),
+                ],
+                default=None,
+                max_length=20,
+                null=True,
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/breathecode/registry/models.py b/breathecode/registry/models.py
index 97c820b21..0618188f0 100644
--- a/breathecode/registry/models.py
+++ b/breathecode/registry/models.py
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 PROJECT = "PROJECT"
+STARTER = "STARTER"
 EXERCISE = "EXERCISE"
 LESSON = "LESSON"
 QUIZ = "QUIZ"
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
 ARTICLE = "ARTICLE"
 TYPE = (
     (PROJECT, "Project"),
+    (STARTER, "Starter Template"),
     (EXERCISE, "Exercise"),
     (QUIZ, "Quiz"),
     (LESSON, "Lesson"),
@@ -329,11 +331,6 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         help_text="Only applies to LearnPack tutorials that have been published in the LearnPack cloud",
     )
 
-    is_template = models.BooleanField(
-        default=False,
-        help_text="Automatically set by the system, if true, it means that this asset is set as template by another asset",
-        db_index=True,
-    )
     template_url = models.URLField(
         null=True,
         blank=True,
diff --git a/breathecode/registry/tasks.py b/breathecode/registry/tasks.py
index 6c4506109..54a5770af 100644
--- a/breathecode/registry/tasks.py
+++ b/breathecode/registry/tasks.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     clean_asset_readme,
     generate_screenshot,
     pull_from_github,
-    pull_project_dependencies,
+    pull_repo_dependencies,
     screenshots_bucket,
     test_asset,
     upload_image_to_bucket,
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ def async_pull_project_dependencies(asset_slug):
                 raise Exception(
                     f"Asset {asset_slug} template {asset.template_url} not found in the database as another asset"
                 )
-            target_asset.is_template = True
+            if target_asset.asset_type != "STARTER":
+                target_asset.log_error(
+                    "not-a-template",
+                    f"Asset {asset_slug} references {target_asset.slug} as a template but its type != 'STARTER'",
+                )
             target_asset.save()
         logger.debug(f"Retrieving asset dependencies for {asset_slug}")
 
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ def async_pull_project_dependencies(asset_slug):
 
         g = Github(credentials.token)
 
-        dependency_string = pull_project_dependencies(g, target_asset)
+        dependency_string = pull_repo_dependencies(g, target_asset)
         logger.debug(dependency_string)
         target_asset.dependencies = dependency_string
         if target_asset.id != asset.id: