diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0557d0822..f4a6e2643 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "bootstrap": "lerna bootstrap",
-    "start": "cd packages/template-default; yarn start",
+    "start": "cd packages/template-react; yarn start",
     "test": "lerna run test --stream",
     "lint": "eslint \"packages/**/*.js\"",
     "release": "lerna publish --exact",
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   },
   "eslintIgnore": [
     "**/node_modules/**",
-    "**/template-default/**",
+    "**/template-*/**",
     "**/spec/mock/**"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/cli/hops.js b/packages/cli/hops.js
index 965ed6f59..0f9ef942e 100755
--- a/packages/cli/hops.js
+++ b/packages/cli/hops.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function globalCLI (argv) {
       type: 'string',
       describe: 'Use this with the npm package name of a template to ' +
         'initialize with a different template',
-      default: 'hops-template-default'
+      default: 'hops-template-react'
     })
     .option('hops-version', {
       type: 'string',
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ function globalCLI (argv) {
     .example(
       '$0 init my-project',
       'Creates the folder my-project inside the current directory and ' +
-        'initializes a sample hops project inside it.'
+        'initializes a sample hops react project inside it.'
     )
     .example(
-      '$0 init --template hops-template-malt my-project',
+      '$0 init --template hops-template-minimal my-project',
       'Creates the folder my-project inside the current directory and ' +
-        'initializes an example project using malt inside it.'
+        'initializes a minimal hops example inside it.'
     )
     .help('h')
     .alias('h', 'help')
diff --git a/packages/template-react/package.json b/packages/template-react/package.json
index ac1cf7cf9..d6d10dcfa 100644
--- a/packages/template-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/template-react/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "hops-template-default",
+  "name": "hops-template-react",
   "version": "7.0.0-2",
   "main": "src/app.js",
   "license": "MIT",