diff --git a/v2/internal/appng/app_bindings.go b/v2/internal/appng/app_bindings.go
index e314802c9..097606770 100644
--- a/v2/internal/appng/app_bindings.go
+++ b/v2/internal/appng/app_bindings.go
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ func generateBindings(bindings *binding.Bindings) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if projectConfig.WailsJSDir == "" {
+		projectConfig.WailsJSDir = filepath.Join(cwd, "frontend")
+	}
 	wrapperDir := filepath.Join(projectConfig.WailsJSDir, "wailsjs", "runtime")
 	_ = os.RemoveAll(wrapperDir)
 	extractor := gosod.New(wrapper.RuntimeWrapper)