diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
index f7ec12b2c94a..7a6891644495 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
 
   public void processOpts(){
     if(additionalProperties.containsKey("templateDir")) {
-      this.setTemplateDir((String)additionalProperties.get("t"));
+      this.setTemplateDir((String)additionalProperties.get("templateDir"));
     }
     
     if(additionalProperties.containsKey("modelPackage")) {