diff --git a/src/actions/create-react-app/CreateReactApp.ts b/src/actions/create-react-app/CreateReactApp.ts
index 8e8f6086..f0fbea41 100644
--- a/src/actions/create-react-app/CreateReactApp.ts
+++ b/src/actions/create-react-app/CreateReactApp.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default class CreateReactApp implements IAction {
 
             // Create app
             info('Creating app...');
-            await exec(createReactAppCmd + ' ' + realpath + ' --typescript', dirname(realpath));
+            await exec(createReactAppCmd + ' ' + realpath + ' --template typescript', dirname(realpath));
             success('App has been created in "' + realpath + '"');
         }
 
@@ -142,4 +142,4 @@ export default class CreateReactApp implements IAction {
         await this.generateReadme.run({ realpath, mustPrompt: true });
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}