diff --git a/manager/manager/expander.go b/manager/manager/expander.go
index 0e3e33422..c906e6306 100644
--- a/manager/manager/expander.go
+++ b/manager/manager/expander.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type ExpandedTemplate struct {
 
 // Expander abstracts interactions with the expander and deployer services.
 type Expander interface {
-	ExpandTemplate(t Template) (*ExpandedTemplate, error)
+	ExpandTemplate(t *Template) (*ExpandedTemplate, error)
 }
 
 // NewExpander returns a new initialized Expander.
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ func walkLayout(l *Layout, toReplace map[string]*LayoutResource) map[string]*Lay
 }
 
 // ExpandTemplate expands the supplied template, and returns a configuration.
-func (e *expander) ExpandTemplate(t Template) (*ExpandedTemplate, error) {
+// It will also update the imports in the provided template if any were added
+// during type resolution.
+func (e *expander) ExpandTemplate(t *Template) (*ExpandedTemplate, error) {
 	// We have a fencepost problem here.
 	// 1. Start by trying to resolve any missing templates
 	// 2. Expand the configuration using all the of the imports available to us at this point
@@ -129,17 +131,17 @@ func (e *expander) ExpandTemplate(t Template) (*ExpandedTemplate, error) {
 	newImp, err := e.typeResolver.ResolveTypes(config, t.Imports)
 	if err != nil {
 		e := fmt.Errorf("type resolution failed: %s", err)
-		return nil, expanderError(&t, e)
+		return nil, expanderError(t, e)
 	}
 
 	t.Imports = append(t.Imports, newImp...)
 
 	for {
 		// Now expand with everything imported.
-		result, err := e.expandTemplate(&t)
+		result, err := e.expandTemplate(t)
 		if err != nil {
 			e := fmt.Errorf("template expansion: %s", err)
-			return nil, expanderError(&t, e)
+			return nil, expanderError(t, e)
 		}
 
 		// Once we set this layout, we're operating on the "needResolve" *LayoutResources,
@@ -151,10 +153,10 @@ func (e *expander) ExpandTemplate(t Template) (*ExpandedTemplate, error) {
 		}
 		needResolve = walkLayout(result.Layout, needResolve)
 
-		newImp, err = e.typeResolver.ResolveTypes(result.Config, nil)
+		newImp, err = e.typeResolver.ResolveTypes(result.Config, t.Imports)
 		if err != nil {
 			e := fmt.Errorf("type resolution failed: %s", err)
-			return nil, expanderError(&t, e)
+			return nil, expanderError(t, e)
 		}
 
 		// If the new imports contain nothing, we are done. Everything is fully expanded.
@@ -163,16 +165,8 @@ func (e *expander) ExpandTemplate(t Template) (*ExpandedTemplate, error) {
 			return result, nil
 		}
 
+		// Update imports with any new imports from type resolution.
 		t.Imports = append(t.Imports, newImp...)
-		var content []byte
-		content, err = yaml.Marshal(result.Config)
-		t.Content = string(content)
-		if err != nil {
-			e := fmt.Errorf("Unable to unmarshal response from expander (%s): %s",
-				err, result.Config)
-			return nil, expanderError(&t, e)
-		}
-
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/manager/manager/expander_test.go b/manager/manager/expander_test.go
index 0bf80a179..11ba5ec58 100644
--- a/manager/manager/expander_test.go
+++ b/manager/manager/expander_test.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func TestExpandTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		defer ts.Close()
 
 		expander := NewExpander(ts.URL, etc.Resolver)
-		actualResponse, err := expander.ExpandTemplate(validTemplateTestCaseData)
+		actualResponse, err := expander.ExpandTemplate(&validTemplateTestCaseData)
 		if err != nil {
 			message := err.Error()
 			if etc.Error == "" {
diff --git a/manager/manager/manager.go b/manager/manager/manager.go
index 6c218f0c8..170286871 100644
--- a/manager/manager/manager.go
+++ b/manager/manager/manager.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (m *manager) CreateDeployment(t *Template) (*Deployment, error) {
 }
 
 func (m *manager) createManifest(t *Template) (*Manifest, error) {
-	et, err := m.expander.ExpandTemplate(*t)
+	et, err := m.expander.ExpandTemplate(t)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Expansion failed %v", err)
 		return nil, err
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func (m *manager) PutDeployment(name string, t *Template) (*Deployment, error) {
 }
 
 func (m *manager) Expand(t *Template) (*Manifest, error) {
-	et, err := m.expander.ExpandTemplate(*t)
+	et, err := m.expander.ExpandTemplate(t)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Expansion failed %v", err)
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/manager/manager/manager_test.go b/manager/manager/manager_test.go
index 2b6eb7aa0..f31d56801 100644
--- a/manager/manager/manager_test.go
+++ b/manager/manager/manager_test.go
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ var errTest = errors.New("test")
 
 type expanderStub struct{}
 
-func (expander *expanderStub) ExpandTemplate(t Template) (*ExpandedTemplate, error) {
-	if reflect.DeepEqual(t, template) {
+func (expander *expanderStub) ExpandTemplate(t *Template) (*ExpandedTemplate, error) {
+	if reflect.DeepEqual(*t, template) {
 		return &expandedConfig, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/manager/manager/typeresolver.go b/manager/manager/typeresolver.go
index 2696401a2..ab8dfd036 100644
--- a/manager/manager/typeresolver.go
+++ b/manager/manager/typeresolver.go
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ func (tr *typeResolver) ResolveTypes(config *Configuration, imports []*ImportFil
 		// Only fetch HTTP URLs that we haven't already imported.
 		if util.IsHttpUrl(r.Type) && !existing[r.Type] {
 			toFetch = append(toFetch, r.Type)
+
 			fetched[r.Type] = append(fetched[r.Type], &ImportFile{Name: r.Type})
+
+			// Add to existing map so it is not fetched multiple times.
+			existing[r.Type] = true
 		}
 	}