diff --git a/priv/templates/src/wmskel.app.src b/priv/templates/src/wmskel.app.src
index 9ddd22f7..c353cd27 100644
--- a/priv/templates/src/wmskel.app.src
+++ b/priv/templates/src/wmskel.app.src
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   {applications, [
                   kernel,
                   stdlib,
+		  inets,
                   crypto,
                   mochiweb,
                   webmachine
diff --git a/priv/templates/src/wmskel.erl b/priv/templates/src/wmskel.erl
index fae6029d..2ef035ec 100644
--- a/priv/templates/src/wmskel.erl
+++ b/priv/templates/src/wmskel.erl
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ ensure_started(App) ->
 %% @spec start_link() -> {ok,Pid::pid()}
 %% @doc Starts the app for inclusion in a supervisor tree
 start_link() ->
+    ensure_started(inets),
     ensure_started(crypto),
     ensure_started(mochiweb),
     application:set_env(webmachine, webmachine_logger_module, 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ start_link() ->
 %% @spec start() -> ok
 %% @doc Start the {{appid}} server.
 start() ->
-    inets:start(),
+    ensure_started(inets),
     ensure_started(crypto),
     ensure_started(mochiweb),
     application:set_env(webmachine, webmachine_logger_module, 
@@ -43,4 +44,5 @@ stop() ->
     application:stop(webmachine),
     application:stop(mochiweb),
     application:stop(crypto),
+    application:stop(inets),
     Res.