diff --git a/py2pack/__init__.py b/py2pack/__init__.py

index e918951..dc528d1 100644

--- a/py2pack/__init__.py

+++ b/py2pack/__init__.py

@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ def main():

     parser_generate.add_argument('name', help='package name')

     parser_generate.add_argument('version', nargs='?', help='package version (optional)')

     parser_generate.add_argument('--source-url', default=None, help='source url')

-    parser_generate.add_argument('-t', '--template', choices=file_template_list(), default='opensuse.spec', help='file template')

+    parser_generate.add_argument('-t', '--template', choices=file_template_list(), default='alt.spec', help='file template')

     parser_generate.add_argument('-f', '--filename', help='spec filename (optional)')

     # TODO (toabctl): remove this is a later release

     parser_generate.add_argument(