diff --git a/lib/cli/utils.ts b/lib/cli/utils.ts
index 13cf315..8eb8f37 100644
--- a/lib/cli/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/cli/utils.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const glob = require('glob');
 const resolve = require('resolve-pkg');
 
+interface Iterator<T> {
+    next(value?: any): IteratorResult<T>;
+    return?(value?: any): IteratorResult<T>;
+    throw?(e?: any): IteratorResult<T>;
+}
 interface PackageDependencies {
-
+    [Symbol.iterator](): Iterator<PackageDependencies>;
 }
+
 interface LscSettings {
     cliDir?: string
     packageDependencies?: PackageDependencies|string[]
diff --git a/lib/commands/app.ts b/lib/commands/app.ts
index cb7a538..e50829d 100644
--- a/lib/commands/app.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/app.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export const create = function () {
             `${__dirname}/../../templates/common/**`,
             `${__dirname}/../../templates/${answers.projectType}-package/**`
         ])
+             //  the following regex is for ignoring ${} and only use <%= %> for the templates    
             .pipe(template(answers , {'interpolate' : /<%=([\s\S]+?)%>/g}))
             .pipe(rename(file => {
                 if (file.basename[0] === '_') {