diff --git a/talos/templates/params.py b/talos/templates/params.py
index a6b154d..8d73683 100644
--- a/talos/templates/params.py
+++ b/talos/templates/params.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ def titanic(debug=False):
 def iris():
 
     from tensorflow.keras.optimizers.legacy import Adam, Adagrad
-    from tensorflow.keras.losses import LogCosh, categorical_crossentropy
     from tensorflow.keras.activations import relu, elu, softmax
 
     # here use a standard 2d dictionary for inputting the param boundaries
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ def iris():
          'emb_output_dims': [None],
          'shapes': ['brick', 'triangle', 0.2],
          'optimizer': [Adam, Adagrad],
-         'losses': [LogCosh, categorical_crossentropy],
+         'losses': ['LogCosh', 'categorical_crossentropy'],
          'activation': [relu, elu],
          'last_activation': [softmax]}
 
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ def iris():
 def breast_cancer():
 
     from tensorflow.keras.optimizers.legacy import Adam, Adagrad, RMSprop
-    from tensorflow.keras.losses import LogCosh, binary_crossentropy
     from tensorflow.keras.activations import relu, elu, sigmoid
 
     # then we can go ahead and set the parameter space
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ def breast_cancer():
          'dropout': (0, 0.5, 5),
          'shapes': ['brick', 'triangle', 'funnel'],
          'optimizer': [Adam, Adagrad, RMSprop],
-         'losses': [LogCosh, binary_crossentropy],
+         'losses': ['LogCosh', 'binary_crossentropy'],
          'activation': [relu, elu],
          'last_activation': [sigmoid]}
 
diff --git a/tests/commands/test_templates.py b/tests/commands/test_templates.py
index af64708..f1339f7 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_templates.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_templates.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ def test_templates():
     talos.Scan(x, y, p, model, 'test_', round_limit=2)
 
     x, y = talos.templates.datasets.iris()
+
     x = x[:50]
     y = y[:50]
     model = talos.templates.models.iris