diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl
index 37a58196c..b51e74cbe 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ BOT_VERSION = '1.0'
 SPIDER_MODULES = ['$project_name.spiders']
 NEWSPIDER_MODULE = '$project_name.spiders'
 TEMPLATES_DIR = '%s/templates' % $project_name.__path__[0]
-DEFAULT_ITEM_CLASS = '$project_name.item.${ProjectName}Item'
+DEFAULT_ITEM_CLASS = '$project_name.items.${ProjectName}Item'
 USER_AGENT = '%s/%s' % (BOT_NAME, BOT_VERSION)