diff --git a/generators/app/templates/_.gitignore b/generators/app/templates/_.gitignore
index 13bdb34a..0153e05c 100644
--- a/generators/app/templates/_.gitignore
+++ b/generators/app/templates/_.gitignore
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 /platforms
 
 # Electron
-/dist.electron
+/dist-electron
+/dist-packages
 /electron.main.js
 
 # IDEs and editors
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/__electron.electron.main.ts b/generators/app/templates/__electron.electron.main.ts
index db3f3205..6c356139 100644
--- a/generators/app/templates/__electron.electron.main.ts
+++ b/generators/app/templates/__electron.electron.main.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function createWindow() {
     mainWindow.loadURL('http://localhost:4200');
   } else {
     // Load the index.html of the app.
-    mainWindow.loadFile('dist.electron/index.html');
+    mainWindow.loadFile('dist-electron/index.html');
   }  
 }
 
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/_package.json b/generators/app/templates/_package.json
index 12086996..e3a790ac 100644
--- a/generators/app/templates/_package.json
+++ b/generators/app/templates/_package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "electron:compile": "tsc --project tsconfig.electron.json",
     "electron:run": "<%= run('electron:compile') %> && electron .",
     "electron:build": "<%= run('electron:compile') %> && <%= run('write:env') %> && ng build --prod --base-href ./ --output-path dist-electron",
-    "electron:package:common": "electron-packager . --overwrite --out=dist.packages --ignore=\"/(platforms|plugins|docs|www|reports|e2e|src)\"",
+    "electron:package:common": "electron-packager . --overwrite --out=dist-packages --ignore=\"/(platforms|plugins|docs|www|reports|e2e|src)\"",
 <%   if (props.desktop.includes('windows')) { -%>
     "electron:package:windows": "<%= run('electron:package:common') %> -- --platform=win32 --arch=x64 --icon=./resources/win/icon.ico",
 <%   } -%>
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/docs/__electron.electron.md b/generators/app/templates/docs/__electron.electron.md
index 9d25dde7..fbb3d4de 100644
--- a/generators/app/templates/docs/__electron.electron.md
+++ b/generators/app/templates/docs/__electron.electron.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Alternatively, you can build a package for one specific target platform using:
 npm run electron:package:<windows|mac|linux>
 ```
 
-The build packages will be then located in the `dist.packages` folder.
+The build packages will be then located in the `dist-packages` folder.
 
 > Note: in order to build Windows packages from non-Windows platform, you need to install
 > [Wine](https://www.winehq.org) 1.6 or later.