diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/bin/tauri-init.js b/cli/tauri.js/bin/tauri-init.js
index 692b47071..8666b69b1 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/bin/tauri-init.js
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/bin/tauri-init.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const argv = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2), {
     f: 'force',
     l: 'log',
     d: 'directory',
-    t: 'tauriPath'
+    t: 'tauri-path'
   },
   boolean: ['h', 'l']
 })
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if (argv.help) {
     --force, -f       Force init to overwrite [conf|template|all]
     --log, -l         Logging [boolean]
     --directory, -d   Set target directory for init
-    --tauriPath, -t   Path of the Tauri project to use (relative to the cwd)
+    --tauri-path, -t   Path of the Tauri project to use (relative to the cwd)
     `)
   process.exit(0)
 }
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/template.js b/cli/tauri.js/template.js
index 3f6b7d747..d238dbfc2 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/template.js
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/template.js
@@ -33,16 +33,7 @@ Run \`tauri init --force template\` to overwrite.`)
     if (!force) return false
   }
 
-  let tauriDep
-  if (tauriPath) {
-    tauriDep = `{ path = "${resolve(process.cwd(), tauriPath, 'tauri')}" }`
-  } else {
-    const toml = require('@tauri-apps/toml')
-    const tomlPath = join(__dirname, '../../tauri/Cargo.toml')
-    const tomlFile = readFileSync(tomlPath)
-    const tomlContents = toml.parse(tomlFile)
-    tauriDep = `{ version = "${tomlContents.package.version}" }`
-  }
+  let tauriDep = tauriPath ? `{ path = "${join('..', tauriPath, 'tauri')}" }` : null
 
   try {
     removeSync(dir)
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/templates/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/cli/tauri.js/templates/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 349932aeb..ee1012c4a 100755
--- a/cli/tauri.js/templates/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/templates/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ serde_derive = "1.0"
 tiny_http = "0.6"
 phf = "0.7.24"
 includedir = "0.5.0"
-tauri = <%= tauriDep %>
+tauri = <%= tauriDep || `"0.1.0"` %>
 
 [features]
 dev = ["tauri/dev"] # has no explicit dependencies