diff --git a/bin/lib/create.js b/bin/lib/create.js
index c4c6f1b8..e38acc5c 100755
--- a/bin/lib/create.js
+++ b/bin/lib/create.js
@@ -210,9 +210,11 @@ exports.createProject = function(project_path, package_name, project_name, proje
                            project_template_dir : 
                            path.join(ROOT, 'bin', 'templates', 'project');
 
-    var safe_activity_name = project_name.replace(/\W/g, '');
     var package_as_path = package_name.replace(/\./g, path.sep);
     var activity_dir    = path.join(project_path, 'src', package_as_path);
+    // safe_activity_name is being hardcoded to avoid issues with unicode app name (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6511)
+    // TODO: provide option to specify activity name via CLI (proposal: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7231)
+    var safe_activity_name = "CordovaApp";
     var activity_path   = path.join(activity_dir, safe_activity_name + '.java');
     var target_api      = check_reqs.get_target();
     var manifest_path   = path.join(project_path, 'AndroidManifest.xml');