diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba6ffd6..27bc42c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "commodore-config-package-template"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = ""
 authors = ["VSHN AG <info@vshn.ch>"]
+package-mode = false
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.8"
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/component/app.jsonnet b/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/component/app.jsonnet
index 8f01a60..18eb8c2 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/component/app.jsonnet	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/component/app.jsonnet	
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ local argocd = import 'lib/argocd.libjsonnet';
 local app = argocd.App('{{ cookiecutter.slug }}', params.namespace);
 
 local appPath =
-  local project = std.get(app, 'spec', { project: 'syn' }).project;
+  local project = std.get(std.get(app, 'spec', {}), 'project', 'syn');
   if project == 'syn' then 'apps' else 'apps-%s' % project;
 
 {