diff --git a/lib/services/project-service.ts b/lib/services/project-service.ts
index 8e5addb6b0..a71156ee1d 100644
--- a/lib/services/project-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/project-service.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as shelljs from "shelljs";
 import { format } from "util";
 import { exported } from "../common/decorators";
 import { Hooks, TemplatesV2PackageJsonKeysToRemove } from "../constants";
+import * as temp from "temp";
 
 export class ProjectService implements IProjectService {
 
@@ -131,14 +132,16 @@ export class ProjectService implements IProjectService {
 
 	private async ensureAppResourcesExist(projectDir: string): Promise<void> {
 		const projectData = this.$projectDataService.getProjectData(projectDir);
-		const appPath = projectData.getAppDirectoryPath(projectDir);
 		const appResourcesDestinationPath = projectData.getAppResourcesDirectoryPath(projectDir);
 
 		if (!this.$fs.exists(appResourcesDestinationPath)) {
 			this.$fs.createDirectory(appResourcesDestinationPath);
-
+			const tempDir = temp.mkdirSync("ns-default-template");
 			// the template installed doesn't have App_Resources -> get from a default template
-			await this.$pacoteService.extractPackage(constants.RESERVED_TEMPLATE_NAMES["default"], appPath, { filter: (name: string, entry: any) => entry.path.indexOf(constants.APP_RESOURCES_FOLDER_NAME) !== -1 });
+			await this.$pacoteService.extractPackage(constants.RESERVED_TEMPLATE_NAMES["default"], tempDir);
+			const templateProjectData = this.$projectDataService.getProjectData(tempDir);
+			const templateAppResourcesDir = templateProjectData.getAppResourcesDirectoryPath(tempDir);
+			this.$fs.copyFile(path.join(templateAppResourcesDir, "*"), appResourcesDestinationPath);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index d7c614ea19..d03661f709 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript",
-  "version": "4.2.0",
+  "version": "4.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cb894aa2d7..0f594a1488 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript",
   "preferGlobal": true,
-  "version": "4.2.0",
+  "version": "4.2.1",
   "author": "Telerik <support@telerik.com>",
   "description": "Command-line interface for building NativeScript projects",
   "bin": {