diff --git a/.project-template/fill_template_vars.sh b/.project-template/fill_template_vars.sh
index 7ae7ebb..1e76d8a 100755
--- a/.project-template/fill_template_vars.sh
+++ b/.project-template/fill_template_vars.sh
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ _replace "s/<RTD_NAME>/$RTD_NAME/g"
 _replace "s/<PROJECT_NAME>/$PROJECT_NAME/g"
 _replace "s/<SHORT_DESCRIPTION>/$SHORT_DESCRIPTION/g"
 
-mkdir -p $MODULE_NAME
-touch $MODULE_NAME/__init__.py
+mkdir -p "$PROJECT_ROOT/$MODULE_NAME"
+touch "$PROJECT_ROOT/$MODULE_NAME/__init__.py"
diff --git a/.project-template/refill_template_vars.sh b/.project-template/refill_template_vars.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbb39e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.project-template/refill_template_vars.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<template_vars.txt fill_template_vars.sh
diff --git a/.project-template/template_vars.txt b/.project-template/template_vars.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5beeccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.project-template/template_vars.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<MODULE_NAME>
+<PYPI_NAME>
+<REPO_NAME>
+<RTD_NAME>
+<PROJECT_NAME>
+<SHORT_DESCRIPTION>