diff --git a/resources/template-js/webapp/view/Main.view.xml b/resources/template-js/webapp/view/Main.view.xml
index bd3b75ae..18e054a1 100644
--- a/resources/template-js/webapp/view/Main.view.xml
+++ b/resources/template-js/webapp/view/Main.view.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 					<Button
 						id="helloButton"
 						text="{formatter: 'formatter.formatValue', path: 'i18n>btnText'}"
-						press="sayHello" />
+						press=".sayHello" />
 				</additionalContent>
 			</IllustratedMessage>
 		</content>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 			<Button
 				id="helloButton"
 				text="{formatter: 'formatter.formatValue', path: 'i18n>btnText'}"
-				press="sayHello" />
+				press=".sayHello" />
 		</buttons>
 	</MessagePage>
 <% } %><% } else { %>
diff --git a/resources/template-ts/webapp/view/Main.view.xml b/resources/template-ts/webapp/view/Main.view.xml
index bd3b75ae..18e054a1 100644
--- a/resources/template-ts/webapp/view/Main.view.xml
+++ b/resources/template-ts/webapp/view/Main.view.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 					<Button
 						id="helloButton"
 						text="{formatter: 'formatter.formatValue', path: 'i18n>btnText'}"
-						press="sayHello" />
+						press=".sayHello" />
 				</additionalContent>
 			</IllustratedMessage>
 		</content>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 			<Button
 				id="helloButton"
 				text="{formatter: 'formatter.formatValue', path: 'i18n>btnText'}"
-				press="sayHello" />
+				press=".sayHello" />
 		</buttons>
 	</MessagePage>
 <% } %><% } else { %>
diff --git a/test/expected/create_ui5_app/com.test.apiapp/webapp/view/Main.view.xml b/test/expected/create_ui5_app/com.test.apiapp/webapp/view/Main.view.xml
index 9912dfbd..f827d992 100644
--- a/test/expected/create_ui5_app/com.test.apiapp/webapp/view/Main.view.xml
+++ b/test/expected/create_ui5_app/com.test.apiapp/webapp/view/Main.view.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 					<Button
 						id="helloButton"
 						text="{formatter: 'formatter.formatValue', path: 'i18n>btnText'}"
-						press="sayHello" />
+						press=".sayHello" />
 				</additionalContent>
 			</IllustratedMessage>
 		</content>