diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed7a3ad7b..32ec6d668 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ A collection of our Android templates:
   ```   
     package-name=                      New package name (i.e., com.example.package)
     app-name=                          New app name (i.e., MyApp, "My App", "my-app")
-    template=                          Template (i.e., compose)
+    template=                          Template (i.e., compose) (optional, default: compose)
     force=                             Force project creation even if the script fails (default: false)
     destination=                       Set the output location where the project should be generated (i.e., /Users/johndoe/documents/projectfolder)
   ```
diff --git a/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle-wrapper.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 7257f1b43..000000000
--- a/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#Tue Jan 12 10:52:22 ICT 2021
-distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4-bin.zip
-org.gradle.parallel=true
diff --git a/scripts/new_project.kts b/scripts/new_project.kts
index 142bea3db..b111306bc 100644
--- a/scripts/new_project.kts
+++ b/scripts/new_project.kts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ object NewProject {
         Run kscript new_project.kts to create a new project with the following arguments:
             $KEY_PACKAGE_NAME=   New package name (i.e., com.example.package)
             $KEY_APP_NAME=       New app name (i.e., MyApp, "My App", "my-app")
-            $KEY_TEMPLATE=       Template (i.e. $TEMPLATE_COMPOSE)
+            $KEY_TEMPLATE=       Template (i.e. $TEMPLATE_COMPOSE) (optional, default: $TEMPLATE_COMPOSE)
             $KEY_FORCE=          Force project creation even if the script fails (default: false)
             $KEY_DESTINATION=    Set the output location where the project should be generated (i.e., /Users/johndoe/documents/projectfolder)
         
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ object NewProject {
             }
         }
 
-    private var template: String = ""
+    private var template: String = TEMPLATE_COMPOSE
 
     private val templatePackageName
         get() = TEMPLATE_PACKAGE_NAME_COMPOSE
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ object NewProject {
     private fun handleArguments(args: Array<String>) {
         var hasAppName = false
         var hasPackageName = false
-        var hasTemplate = false
         args.forEach { arg ->
             when {
                 arg == KEY_HELP -> {
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ object NewProject {
                 arg.startsWith("$KEY_TEMPLATE$DELIMITER_ARGUMENT") -> {
                     val (key, value) = arg.split(DELIMITER_ARGUMENT)
                     validateTemplate(value)
-                    hasTemplate = true
                 }
 
                 arg.startsWith("$KEY_FORCE$DELIMITER_ARGUMENT") -> {
@@ -173,12 +171,6 @@ object NewProject {
                 exitAfterMessage = true,
                 isError = true,
             )
-
-            !hasTemplate -> showMessage(
-                message = "ERROR: No template has been provided \n$helpMessage",
-                exitAfterMessage = true,
-                isError = true,
-            )
         }
     }