diff --git a/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.js b/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.js
index 6e68458ddac..a1c03a50da3 100644
--- a/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.js
+++ b/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 const mergeDirs = require('merge-dirs').default;
-const helpers = require('../../lib/helpers');
 const path = require('path');
 const shell = require('shelljs');
 const latestVersion = require('latest-version');
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+const helpers = require('../../lib/helpers');
 
 module.exports = latestVersion('@storybook/react-native').then(version => {
   // copy all files from the template directory to project directory
@@ -12,8 +13,14 @@ module.exports = latestVersion('@storybook/react-native').then(version => {
   const dirname = shell.ls('-d', 'ios/*.xcodeproj').stdout;
   const projectName =
     dirname && dirname.slice('ios/'.length, dirname.length - '.xcodeproj'.length - 1);
-  if (projectName) {
-    shell.sed('-i', '%APP_NAME%', projectName, 'storybook/index.js');
+  if (!projectName) {
+    shell.sed('-i', '%APP_NAME%', projectName, 'storybook/storybook.js');
+  } else {
+    helpers.paddedLog(
+      chalk.red(
+        'ERR: Could not determine project name, see: https://github.com/storybooks/storybook/issues/1277'
+      )
+    );
   }
 
   const packageJson = helpers.getPackageJson();