diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index c796bd69..ca5971d4 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -79,14 +79,16 @@ NEEDED_FILES.forEach((file) => {
   // remove templates directory for destination files
   if (destinationFile.indexOf('templates') === 0) {
     destinationFile = destinationFile.split(sep).slice(1).join(sep);
+    file = `templates/template-${destinationFile}`;
   }
 
+  const source = resolve(__dirname, '..', file);
   const destination = resolve(path, destinationFile);
 
   // check if file exists or replace flag is set
   if (!existsSync(destination) || commander.replace) {
-    copyFileSync(resolve(__dirname, '..', file), destination);
-    console.info(`Added file "${destination}".`);
+    copyFileSync(source, destination);
+    console.info(`Copied file "${source}" to "${destination}".`);
   } else {
     console.info(`Not replacing "${destination}". Use "-r" or "--replace" to do so.`);
   }
diff --git a/templates/.npmignore b/templates/template-.npmignore
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/.npmignore
rename to templates/template-.npmignore
diff --git a/templates/tsconfig.json b/templates/template-tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/tsconfig.json
rename to templates/template-tsconfig.json
diff --git a/templates/tslint.json b/templates/template-tslint.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/tslint.json
rename to templates/template-tslint.json