diff --git a/bin/templates/project/phonegap/create b/bin/templates/project/phonegap/create
index 6e00e589..076424a2 100755
--- a/bin/templates/project/phonegap/create
+++ b/bin/templates/project/phonegap/create
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ cp ./.phonegap/android/phonegap-$VERSION.jar ./libs
 cat ./phonegap/templates/Activity.java > $ACTIVITY_PATH
 
 # interpolate the acivity name and package
-find "$ACTIVITY_PATH" | xargs grep '__ACTIVITY__' -sl | xargs -L1 sed -i "s/__ACTIVITY__/${ACTIVITY}/g"
-find "$ACTIVITY_PATH" | xargs grep '__ID__' -sl | xargs -L1 sed -i "s/__ID__/${PACKAGE}/g"
+find "$ACTIVITY_PATH" | xargs grep '__ACTIVITY__' -sl | xargs -L1 sed -i -e "s/__ACTIVITY__/${ACTIVITY}/g"
+find "$ACTIVITY_PATH" | xargs grep '__ID__' -sl | xargs -L1 sed -i -e "s/__ID__/${PACKAGE}/g"
 
-find "$MANIFEST_PATH" | xargs grep '__ACTIVITY__' -sl | xargs -L1 sed -i "s/__ACTIVITY__/${ACTIVITY}/g"
-find "$MANIFEST_PATH" | xargs grep '__PACKAGE__' -sl | xargs -L1 sed -i "s/__PACKAGE__/${PACKAGE}/g"
+find "$MANIFEST_PATH" | xargs grep '__ACTIVITY__' -sl | xargs -L1 sed -i -e "s/__ACTIVITY__/${ACTIVITY}/g"
+find "$MANIFEST_PATH" | xargs grep '__PACKAGE__' -sl | xargs -L1 sed -i -e "s/__PACKAGE__/${PACKAGE}/g"