diff --git a/packages/dollie-core/src/constants.ts b/packages/dollie-core/src/constants.ts
index 9b3dbaa..ec0e753 100644
--- a/packages/dollie-core/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/dollie-core/src/constants.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ const TEMPLATE_CACHE_PATHNAME_PREFIX = '/template';
 const EXTEND_TEMPLATE_LABEL_PREFIX = 'extend:';
 const EXTEND_TEMPLATE_PATHNAME_PREFIX = '/extends';
 const MAIN_TEMPLATE_PATHNAME_PREFIX = '/main';
-const TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY = '__template.';
+const TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY_LEGACY = '__template.';
+const TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY = '.dollie';
 const TEMPLATE_CONFIG_FILE_NAMES = [
   'dollie.js',
   '.dollie.js',
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ export {
   EXTEND_TEMPLATE_LABEL_PREFIX,
   EXTEND_TEMPLATE_PATHNAME_PREFIX,
   MAIN_TEMPLATE_PATHNAME_PREFIX,
-  TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY,
+  TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY_LEGACY,
   TEMPLATE_CONFIG_FILE_NAMES,
   EXTEND_TEMPLATE_PREFIX,
+  TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY,
 };
diff --git a/packages/dollie-core/src/generator.abstract.ts b/packages/dollie-core/src/generator.abstract.ts
index 6048859..cd379ee 100644
--- a/packages/dollie-core/src/generator.abstract.ts
+++ b/packages/dollie-core/src/generator.abstract.ts
@@ -428,14 +428,6 @@ abstract class Generator {
     }
   }
 
-  private checkFile(pathname: string): boolean {
-    const absolutePathname = path.resolve(TEMPLATE_CACHE_PATHNAME_PREFIX, pathname);
-    return (
-      this.volume.existsSync(absolutePathname) &&
-      this.volume.statSync(absolutePathname).isFile()
-    );
-  }
-
   private readTemplateFileBuffer(pathname: string): Buffer {
     return this.volume.readFileSync(path.resolve(
       TEMPLATE_CACHE_PATHNAME_PREFIX,
diff --git a/packages/dollie-core/src/utils/loader.ts b/packages/dollie-core/src/utils/loader.ts
index 5316850..5b173f9 100644
--- a/packages/dollie-core/src/utils/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/dollie-core/src/utils/loader.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 import fs from 'fs';
 import {
   TEMPLATE_CACHE_PATHNAME_PREFIX,
+  TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY_LEGACY,
   TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY,
 } from '../constants';
 import {
@@ -98,9 +99,20 @@ const readTemplateEntities = (
     let relativePathname = initialRelativePathname;
     let absolutePathname = initialAbsolutePathname;
 
-    if (initialEntityName.startsWith(TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY)) {
+    if (
+      initialEntityName.startsWith(TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY_LEGACY) ||
+      initialEntityName.endsWith(TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY)
+    ) {
       isTemplateFile = true;
-      entityName = initialEntityName.slice(TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY.length);
+    }
+
+    if (initialEntityName.startsWith(TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY_LEGACY)) {
+      entityName = initialEntityName.slice(TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY_LEGACY.length);
+    } else if (initialEntityName.endsWith(TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY)) {
+      entityName = initialEntityName.slice(0, initialEntityName.length - TEMPLATE_FILE_IDENTITY.length);
+    }
+
+    if (isTemplateFile) {
       relativePathname = `${relativeDirectoryPathname ? `${relativeDirectoryPathname}/` : ''}${entityName}`;
       absolutePathname = `${absoluteDirectoryPathname ? `${absoluteDirectoryPathname}/` : ''}${entityName}`;
     }