diff --git a/props/model-ompp.4.build.targets b/props/model-ompp.4.build.targets
index 6ecc51815..6303a42e9 100644
--- a/props/model-ompp.4.build.targets
+++ b/props/model-ompp.4.build.targets
@@ -298,18 +298,7 @@
   StartOmppUI
   -->
 
-  <!--
-  RUN_TEMPLATE is a name of pre-selected template file to run the model
-  RUN_TEMPLATE value is passed to UI model run page and automatically pre-selected
-  User can override this selection by choosing different template in UI
-  Template files are located in OM_ROOT/etc directory
-  -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <RUN_TEMPLATE Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug' And '$(Platform)'=='Win32'">run.Debug.template.txt</RUN_TEMPLATE>
-    <RUN_TEMPLATE Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug' And '$(Platform)'=='x64'">run.Debug.template.txt</RUN_TEMPLATE>
-    <RUN_TEMPLATE Condition="'$(OM_CFG_DEFAULT_RUN_TMPL)'!=''">$(OM_CFG_DEFAULT_RUN_TMPL)</RUN_TEMPLATE>
-    <RUN_TEMPLATE Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release' And '$(Platform)'=='Win32'"></RUN_TEMPLATE>
-    <RUN_TEMPLATE Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release' And '$(Platform)'=='x64'"></RUN_TEMPLATE>
     <OMS_URL_TICKLE>$(PUBLISH_DIR)/$(MODEL_NAME).oms_url.tickle</OMS_URL_TICKLE>
     <ABS_OM_ROOT Condition="'$(OM_ROOT)'!=''">$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(OM_ROOT)'))</ABS_OM_ROOT>
     <!-- bug: System.IO.Path::GetFullPath('../../..') return: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019 -->
@@ -325,11 +314,11 @@
           >
     <Message Text="Using batch file to start openM++ UI:" />
     <Message
-      Text="(set MODEL_NAME=$(MODEL_NAME)) &amp; (set OM_ROOT=$(ABS_OM_ROOT)) &amp; (set OM_CFG_DEFAULT_RUN_TMPL=$(RUN_TEMPLATE)) &amp; $(ABS_START_UI_BAT)"
+      Text="(set MODEL_NAME=$(MODEL_NAME)) &amp; (set OM_ROOT=$(ABS_OM_ROOT)) &amp; $(ABS_START_UI_BAT)"
       />
     <Exec
       WorkingDirectory="$(PUBLISH_DIR)"
-      Command="(set MODEL_NAME=$(MODEL_NAME)) &amp; (set OM_ROOT=$(ABS_OM_ROOT)) &amp; (set OM_CFG_DEFAULT_RUN_TMPL=$(RUN_TEMPLATE)) &amp; $(ABS_START_UI_BAT)"
+      Command="(set MODEL_NAME=$(MODEL_NAME)) &amp; (set OM_ROOT=$(ABS_OM_ROOT)) &amp; $(ABS_START_UI_BAT)"
       />
   </Target>
 
diff --git a/props/start-ui-at-build.bat b/props/start-ui-at-build.bat
index dff1f6dba..8910d0a94 100644
--- a/props/start-ui-at-build.bat
+++ b/props/start-ui-at-build.bat
@@ -57,6 +57,26 @@ if not defined model_exe_name (
     )
   )
 )
+if not defined model_exe_name (
+  if exist "%MODEL_NAME%_mpi.exe" (
+
+    set model_exe_name=%MODEL_NAME%_mpi.exe
+
+    if not defined OM_CFG_DEFAULT_RUN_TMPL (
+      set OM_CFG_DEFAULT_RUN_TMPL=mpi.ModelRun.template.txt
+    )
+  )
+)
+if not defined model_exe_name (
+  if exist "%MODEL_NAME%D_mpi.exe" (
+
+    set model_exe_name=%MODEL_NAME%D_mpi.exe
+
+    if not defined OM_CFG_DEFAULT_RUN_TMPL (
+      set OM_CFG_DEFAULT_RUN_TMPL=mpi.ModelDebug.template.txt
+    )
+  )
+)
 if not defined model_exe_name (
   @echo ERROR: %MODEL_NAME% exe not found
   EXIT 1