diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/base.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/base.py
index ce1fe79a0..6379dd358 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/base.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/base.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class FieldFormatters(BaseModel):
 
 
 class FrontendNode(BaseModel):
-    format_template: bool = Field(default=True, exclude=True)
+    _format_template: bool = True
     template: Template
     description: Optional[str] = None
     base_classes: List[str]
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class FrontendNode(BaseModel):
     def serialize_model(self, handler):
         result = handler(self)
         if hasattr(self, "template") and hasattr(self.template, "to_dict"):
-            format_func = self.format_field if self.format_template else None
+            format_func = self.format_field if self._format_template else None
             result["template"] = self.template.to_dict(format_func)
         name = result.pop("name")
 
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/custom_components.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/custom_components.py
index c9f80beae..d604ae055 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/custom_components.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/custom_components.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
-from pydantic import Field
-
 from langflow.template.field.base import TemplateField
 from langflow.template.frontend_node.base import FrontendNode
 from langflow.template.template.base import Template
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ class Component(CustomComponent):
 
 
 class CustomComponentFrontendNode(FrontendNode):
-    format_template: bool = Field(default=False, exclude=True)
+    _format_template: bool = False
     name: str = "CustomComponent"
     display_name: Optional[str] = "CustomComponent"
     beta: bool = True