diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ea64456..da584c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
         },
         "evidence.templateProjectUrl": {
           "type": "string",
-          "default": "https://github.com/evidence-dev/template",
+          "default": "https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence-vscode/template",
           "description": "Evidence template project GitHub URL or local file:// path to the project template folder to use when creating new Evidence projects."
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/commands/template.ts b/src/commands/template.ts
index a38de92..57783c4 100644
--- a/src/commands/template.ts
+++ b/src/commands/template.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const gitHubUrlBase = 'https://github.com';
 /**
  * Default Evidence app template project github Url.
  */
-export const templateProjectUrl = `${gitHubUrlBase}/evidence-dev/template`;
+export const templateProjectUrl = `${gitHubUrlBase}/evidence-dev/evidence-vscode/template`;
 
 /**
  * Required Evidence template project data source configuration settings.
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ export async function cloneTemplateRepository(
         window.showErrorMessage(errorMessage);
       });
 
-    await timeout(15000);
+    // 10 seconds delay for the github repo cloning progress display
+    await timeout(10000);
   });
 }