diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/src/bin/cmds/handlers.ts b/packages/cdktf-cli/src/bin/cmds/handlers.ts
index 88f74b87eb..1f30713ad7 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf-cli/src/bin/cmds/handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/src/bin/cmds/handlers.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export async function convert({ language, provider, stack }: any) {
   process.chdir(tempDir);
 
   const projectRoot = projectRootPath();
-  const dist = path.resolve(projectRoot, "./dist");
+  const dist = path.resolve(projectRoot, "../../dist");
 
   logger.setLevel("ERROR");
   await init({
diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/src/bin/cmds/helper/init-templates.ts b/packages/cdktf-cli/src/bin/cmds/helper/init-templates.ts
index 4296299b4e..08997c4876 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf-cli/src/bin/cmds/helper/init-templates.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/src/bin/cmds/helper/init-templates.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ import * as fs from "fs-extra";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { projectRootPath } from "./utilities";
 
-export const templatesDir = path.join(projectRootPath(), "templates");
+export const templatesDir = path.join(
+  projectRootPath(),
+  "..",
+  "@cdktf",
+  "cli-core",
+  "templates"
+);
+
 const availableTemplates = fs
   .readdirSync(templatesDir)
   .filter((x) => !x.startsWith("."));