diff --git a/Composer/packages/server/src/store/data.template.json b/Composer/packages/server/src/store/data.template.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 85d8b53b09..0000000000
--- a/Composer/packages/server/src/store/data.template.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "storageConnections": [
-    {
-      "id": "default",
-      "name": "This PC",
-      "type": "LocalDisk",
-      "path": "../../../SampleBots"
-    }
-  ],
-  "recentBotProjects": [
-    {
-      "storageId": "default",
-      "path": "../../../SampleBots/ToDoBot"
-    }
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Composer/packages/server/src/store/data.template.ts b/Composer/packages/server/src/store/data.template.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8ec4c7707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Composer/packages/server/src/store/data.template.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import path from 'path';
+
+export default {
+  storageConnections: [
+    {
+      id: 'default',
+      name: 'This PC',
+      type: 'LocalDisk',
+      path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../../SampleBots'),
+    },
+  ],
+  recentBotProjects: [
+    {
+      storageId: 'default',
+      path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../../SampleBots/ToDoBot'),
+    },
+  ],
+};
diff --git a/Composer/packages/server/src/store/store.ts b/Composer/packages/server/src/store/store.ts
index c7d4e2e3e1..eff1ad7769 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/server/src/store/store.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/server/src/store/store.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import localInitData from './data.template.json';
+import localInitData from './data.template';
 import abhInitData from './abh-template.json';
 
 const isHostedInAzure = !!process.env.WEBSITE_NODE_DEFAULT_VERSION;