diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm b/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm
index ab068d7f6..607eb1f00 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ sub importAssetData {
     WebGUI::Asset->loadModule( $class );
 
     my %properties = %{ $data->{properties} };
+    delete $properties{tagId};
     if ($options->{inheritPermissions}) {
         delete $properties{ownerUserId};
         delete $properties{groupIdView};
@@ -173,6 +174,13 @@ sub importAssetData {
         $properties{isDefault} = 1;
     }
 
+    if ($options->{clearPackageFlag}) {
+        $properties{isPackage} = 0;
+    }
+    if ($options->{setDefaultTemplate}) {
+        $properties{isDefault} = 1;
+    }
+
     my $asset = eval { $class->new($session, $id, $version); };
 
     if (! Exception::Class->caught()) { # update an existing revision
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/File/wgpkg.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/File/wgpkg.pm
index 07a22df5a..9eaf0c884 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/File/wgpkg.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/File/wgpkg.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use WebGUI::Session;
 use WebGUI::Storage;
 use WebGUI::VersionTag;
 use File::Spec;
+use Try::Tiny;
 
 sub run {
     my $class = shift;
@@ -16,15 +17,13 @@ sub run {
     my $session = WebGUI::Session->open($configFile);
     $session->user({userId => 3});
 
+    my $versionTag = WebGUI::VersionTag->getWorking($session);
     (undef, undef, my $shortname) = File::Spec->splitpath($file);
     $shortname =~ s/\.[^.]*$//;
-
-    my $versionTag = WebGUI::VersionTag->getWorking($session);
     $versionTag->set({name => "Upgrade to $version - $shortname"});
 
     my $package = $class->import_package($session, $file);
 
-warn $versionTag->getId;
     $versionTag->commit;
     $session->var->end;
     $session->close;
@@ -41,8 +40,13 @@ sub import_package {
     $storage->addFileFromFilesystem( $file );
 
     # Import the package into the import node
-    my $package = eval {
-        WebGUI::Asset->getImportNode($session)->importPackage( $storage );
+    my $package = try {
+        my $node = WebGUI::Asset->getImportNode($session);
+        $node->importPackage( $storage, {
+            overwriteLatest    => 1,
+            clearPackageFlag   => 1,
+            setDefaultTemplate => 1,
+        } );
     };
 
     $storage->delete;
diff --git a/t/Upgrade.t b/t/Upgrade.t
index 4a0770163..194f95b2b 100644
--- a/t/Upgrade.t
+++ b/t/Upgrade.t
@@ -59,12 +59,10 @@ is_deeply
 }
 $upgrade->set_true('runUpgradeFile');
 
-my $stdout;
-my $stderr;
-
-my $res;
-capture { $res = $upgrade->upgradeSites };
-ok $res, 'upgradeSites runs';
+capture {
+    my $res = $upgrade->upgradeSites;
+    ok $res, 'upgradeSites runs';
+};
 
 $upgrade->called_pos_ok(1, 'getCurrentVersion');
 $upgrade->called_pos_ok(2, 'runUpgradeFile');
@@ -80,13 +78,17 @@ $upgrade->mock(testUpgrade => sub {
     $self->runUpgradeFile($configFile, '8.3.0', collateral('Upgrade', $file), @_);
 });
 
-$stdout = capture { $upgrade->testUpgrade('output.pl') };
-ok $stdout =~ 'Simple Output', 'report command functions correctly';
-ok $stdout =~ 'Done', 'done command functions correctly';
+{
+    my $stdout = capture { $upgrade->testUpgrade('output.pl') };
+    ok $stdout =~ 'Simple Output', 'report command functions correctly';
+    ok $stdout =~ 'Done', 'done command functions correctly';
+}
 
-$stdout = capture { $upgrade->testUpgrade('output.pl', 1) };
-ok $stdout !~ 'Simple Output', 'quiet flag silences report command';
-ok $stdout !~ 'Done', 'quiet flag silences done command';
+{
+    my $stdout = capture { $upgrade->testUpgrade('output.pl', 1) };
+    ok $stdout !~ 'Simple Output', 'quiet flag silences report command';
+    ok $stdout !~ 'Done', 'quiet flag silences done command';
+}
 
 ok !try { $upgrade->testUpgrade('die.pl'); 1 }, 'Error on failing upgrade';
 ok !try { $upgrade->testUpgrade('strict-failure.pl'); 1 }, 'strict enabled in upgrades';
@@ -146,10 +148,20 @@ END_PM
     my $package = $upgrade->testUpgrade('test-template.wgpkg');
     isa_ok $package, 'WebGUI::Asset::Template';
     my $vtId = $package->get('tagId');
-    warn $vtId;
     my $vt = WebGUI::VersionTag->new($session, $vtId);
     addToCleanup($vt);
-    is $vt->get('name'), 'Upgrade to 8.3.0 - test-snippet', 'package import names version tag correctly';
+    is $vt->get('name'), 'Upgrade to 8.3.0 - test-template', 'package import names version tag correctly';
+}
+
+{
+    my $stdout = capture {
+        $upgrade->testUpgrade('select.sql');
+    };
+    my @lines = split /[\r\n]+/, $stdout;
+    my $dateApplied = $lines[1];
+
+    my $dbdateApplied = $dbh->selectrow_array('SELECT dateApplied FROM webguiVersion ORDER BY dateApplied DESC LIMIT 1');
+    is $dateApplied, $dbdateApplied, 'SQL script run against database properly';
 }
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/t/supporting_collateral/Upgrade/select.sql b/t/supporting_collateral/Upgrade/select.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cbaddaed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/supporting_collateral/Upgrade/select.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT dateApplied FROM webguiVersion ORDER BY dateApplied DESC LIMIT 1
diff --git a/t/supporting_collateral/Upgrade/test-template.wgpkg b/t/supporting_collateral/Upgrade/test-template.wgpkg
index 4e2f8a442..95350bc5c 100644
Binary files a/t/supporting_collateral/Upgrade/test-template.wgpkg and b/t/supporting_collateral/Upgrade/test-template.wgpkg differ