diff --git a/src/components/gltf-model-plus.js b/src/components/gltf-model-plus.js
index 062d403b1c6438ee454ab616edf796e9b1f7f983..61445a2bd6185ac8ca621a2e1a1351ccb207302f 100644
--- a/src/components/gltf-model-plus.js
+++ b/src/components/gltf-model-plus.js
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent("gltf-model-plus", {
   },
 
   loadTemplates() {
-    this.templates = [];
+    this.templates = {};
     this.el.querySelectorAll(":scope > template").forEach(templateEl => {
       const root = document.importNode(templateEl.firstElementChild || templateEl.content.firstElementChild, true);
       this.templates[templateEl.getAttribute("data-name")] = root;