diff --git a/new_project.sh b/new_project.sh
index c78632bb40568ca1ef505a0ec2476ad181a6be4e..4390c97921e043ebeae4cb38d33f011529f09a4f 100755
--- a/new_project.sh
+++ b/new_project.sh
@@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ fi
 #parse the dependencies and create the dependencies file
 arr=$(echo $DEP | tr "," "\n")
 
-#Set the author's email on the ReadMe.txt disclaimer file
-sed 's/author_email/labrobotica@iri.upc.edu/g' <ReadMe_template.txt >tmp1.txt
+#Set the author's email on the ReadMe.md disclaimer file
+sed 's/author_email/labrobotica@iri.upc.edu/g' <ReadMe_template.md >tmp1.md
 #set the author's name on the ReadMe.txt disclaimer file
-sed 's/author_name/IRI labrobotics/g' <tmp1.txt >tmp2.txt
+sed 's/author_name/IRI labrobotics/g' <tmp1.md >tmp2.md
 #Set the project name on the ReadMe.txt disclaimer file
-sed 's/project_name/'"$PROJECT_NAME"'/g' <tmp2.txt >./ReadMe.txt
-rm tmp1.txt
-rm tmp2.txt
-rm ReadMe_template.txt
+sed 's/project_name/'"$PROJECT_NAME"'/g' <tmp2.md >./ReadMe.md
+rm tmp1.md
+rm tmp2.md
+rm ReadMe_template.md
 
 #Set the project name on the CMakeLists.txt script file
 NEW_NAME=$(echo $NAME | sed 's/_/-/g')