diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 55cf084..47cae54 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "@types/tmp": {
+      "version": "0.0.33",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.33.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-EHPEvIJHVK49EM+riKsCN7qWTk0=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "@types/tough-cookie": {
       "version": "2.3.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-2.3.4.tgz",
@@ -2223,7 +2229,7 @@
     },
     "event-stream": {
       "version": "3.3.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/event-stream/-/event-stream-3.3.4.tgz",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/event-stream/-/event-stream-3.3.4.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-SrTJoPWlTbkzi0w02Gv86PSzVXE=",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
@@ -5084,6 +5090,11 @@
         "mem": "^4.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "os-tmpdir": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/os-tmpdir/-/os-tmpdir-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-u+Z0BseaqFxc/sdm/lc0VV36EnQ="
+    },
     "p-defer": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-defer/-/p-defer-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -6731,6 +6742,14 @@
         "setimmediate": "^1.0.4"
       }
     },
+    "tmp": {
+      "version": "0.0.33",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.33.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jRCJlojKnZ3addtTOjdIqoRuPEKBvNXcGYqzO6zWZX8KfKEpnGY5jfggJQ3EjKuu8D4bJRr0y+cYJFmYbImXGw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "os-tmpdir": "~1.0.2"
+      }
+    },
     "to-absolute-glob": {
       "version": "0.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/to-absolute-glob/-/to-absolute-glob-0.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4d2e99..484b3d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -435,9 +435,10 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^2.2.32",
     "@types/node": "^6.0.40",
     "@types/request-promise": "^4.1.41",
+    "@types/semver": "^5.5.0",
     "@types/sinon": "^5.0.5",
     "@types/strip-json-comments": "0.0.30",
-    "@types/semver": "^5.5.0",
+    "@types/tmp": "0.0.33",
     "azure-arm-resource": "^3.1.1-preview",
     "fail-on-errors-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
     "mocha": "^5.1.1",
@@ -460,8 +461,9 @@
     "jsonc-parser": "^1.0.1",
     "request": "^2.88.0",
     "request-promise": "^4.2.2",
-    "strip-json-comments": "^2.0.1",
     "semver": "^5.6.0",
+    "strip-json-comments": "^2.0.1",
+    "tmp": "0.0.33",
     "vscode-extension-telemetry": "0.0.18"
   },
   "extensionDependencies": [
diff --git a/src/edge/edgeManager.ts b/src/edge/edgeManager.ts
index 97a1bf3..194f012 100644
--- a/src/edge/edgeManager.ts
+++ b/src/edge/edgeManager.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import * as fse from "fs-extra";
 import * as os from "os";
 import * as path from "path";
 import * as stripJsonComments from "strip-json-comments";
+import * as tmp from "tmp";
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import { Constants } from "../common/constants";
 import { Executor } from "../common/executor";
@@ -397,12 +398,30 @@ export class EdgeManager {
                 await Executor.executeCMD(outputChannel, "dotnet", { cwd: `${parent}`, shell: true }, `new aziotedgefunction -n "${name}" -r ${repositoryName}`);
                 break;
             case Constants.LANGUAGE_PYTHON:
-                const gitHubSource = "https://github.com/Azure/cookiecutter-azure-iot-edge-module";
-                const branch = Versions.pythonTemplateVersion();
-                await Executor.executeCMD(outputChannel,
-                    "cookiecutter",
-                    { cwd: `${parent}`, shell: true },
-                    `--no-input ${gitHubSource} module_name=${name} image_repository=${repositoryName} --checkout ${branch}`);
+                await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+                    tmp.dir({ unsafeCleanup: true }, (err, tmpDir, cleanupCallback) => {
+                        if (err) {
+                            reject(err);
+                        } else {
+                            const moduleContentDirName = "{{cookiecutter.module_name}}";
+                            const moduleContentDir = path.join(tmpDir, moduleContentDirName);
+                            download(`github:Azure/cookiecutter-azure-iot-edge-module#${Versions.pythonTemplateVersion()}`, tmpDir, async (downloadErr) => {
+                                if (downloadErr) {
+                                    reject(downloadErr);
+                                } else {
+                                    try {
+                                        await this.updateRepositoryName(tmpDir, moduleContentDirName, repositoryName);
+                                        await fse.move(moduleContentDir, path.join(parent, name));
+                                        resolve();
+                                    } catch (error) {
+                                        reject(error);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                cleanupCallback();
+                            });
+                        }
+                    });
+                });
                 break;
             case Constants.LANGUAGE_NODE:
                 if (Versions.installNodeTemplate()) {
@@ -432,10 +451,7 @@ export class EdgeManager {
                         }
                     });
                 });
-                const moduleFile = path.join(parent, name, Constants.moduleManifest);
-                const moduleJson = await fse.readJson(moduleFile);
-                moduleJson.image.repository = repositoryName;
-                await fse.writeFile(moduleFile, JSON.stringify(moduleJson, null, 2), { encoding: "utf8" });
+                await this.updateRepositoryName(parent, name, repositoryName);
                 break;
             case Constants.LANGUAGE_JAVA:
                 const groupId = extraProps.get(Constants.groupId);
@@ -468,6 +484,13 @@ export class EdgeManager {
         }
     }
 
+    private async updateRepositoryName(parent: string, name: string, repositoryName: string) {
+        const moduleFile = path.join(parent, name, Constants.moduleManifest);
+        const moduleJson = await fse.readJson(moduleFile);
+        moduleJson.image.repository = repositoryName;
+        await fse.writeFile(moduleFile, JSON.stringify(moduleJson, null, 2), { encoding: "utf8" });
+    }
+
     private async validateInputName(name: string, parentPath?: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
         if (!name) {
             return "The name could not be empty";