diff --git a/src/generator.js b/src/generator.js
index 5b0ebaf..e3bf382 100644
--- a/src/generator.js
+++ b/src/generator.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const rehypeCitationGenerator = (Cite) => {
           }
         }
       }
-      const citations = new Cite(bibtexFile, {generateGraph: false});
+      const citations = new Cite(bibtexFile, {generateGraph: false})
       const citationIds = citations.data.map((x) => x.id)
       const citationPre = []
       const citationDict = {}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const rehypeCitationGenerator = (Cite) => {
       /** @type {Mode} */
       const mode = citeproc.opt.xclass
       const citationFormat = getCitationFormat(citeproc)
-
+      let parsedEntries = []
       visit(tree, 'text', (node, idx, parent) => {
         const match = node.value.match(citationRE)
         if (!match || ('tagName' in parent && !permittedTags.includes(parent.tagName))) return
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ const rehypeCitationGenerator = (Cite) => {
         }
 
         const [entries, isComposite] = parseCitation(match)
+        parsedEntries = entries
 
         // If id is not in citation file (e.g. route alias or js package), abort process
         for (const citeItem of entries) {
@@ -146,11 +147,17 @@ const rehypeCitationGenerator = (Cite) => {
         ]
       })
 
+
       if (noCite) {
         if (noCite.length === 1 && noCite[0] === '@*') {
           citeproc.updateItems(citationIds)
         } else {
-          citeproc.updateItems(noCite.map((x) => x.replace('@', '')))
+          const mergedIds = citations.data
+            .filter((x) => noCite.map((x) => x.replace('@', '')).includes(x['citation-key']))
+            .map((x) => x.id)
+            .concat(parsedEntries.map((x) => x.id))
+
+          citeproc.updateItems(mergedIds)
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 6cd3e95..4700771 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -168,6 +168,18 @@ rehypeCitationTest('no-cite', async () => {
         </div>`
   assert.is(result, expected)
 })
++
+rehypeCitationTest('no-cite citations must be added to template citations', async () => {
+  const result = await processHtml('<div>[@Nash1950]</div>', {
+    noCite: ['@Nash1951'],
+  })
+  const expected = dedent`<div><span class="" id="citation--nash1950--1">(Nash, 1950)</span></div><div id="refs" class="references csl-bib-body">
+          <div class="csl-entry" id="bib-nash1950">Nash, J. (1950). Equilibrium points in n-person games. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</i>, <i>36</i>(1), 48–49.</div>
+          <div class="csl-entry" id="bib-nash1951">Nash, J. (1951). Non-cooperative games. <i>Annals of Mathematics</i>, 286–295.</div>
+        </div>`
+  assert.is(result, expected)
+})
+
 
 rehypeCitationTest('no-cite catch all', async () => {
   const result = await processHtml('<div>text</div>', {