diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/impl/CobiGenFactory.java b/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/impl/CobiGenFactory.java
index edcb1b04e..4c9d06eb2 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/impl/CobiGenFactory.java
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/impl/CobiGenFactory.java
@@ -104,11 +104,14 @@ public static CobiGen create(URI configFileOrFolder, boolean allowMonolithicConf
     // install Template Sets defined in .properties file
     if (configurationHolder.isTemplateSetConfiguration()) {
       ConfigurationProperties config = configurationHolder.getConfigurationProperties();
-      Path templatesLocation = configurationHolder.getConfigurationPath();
-      List<String> downloadUrls = ArtifactRetriever.retrieveTemplateSetJarDownloadURLs(config.getGroupIds(),
-          config.getMavenCoordinates());
-      for (String downloadUrl : downloadUrls) {
-        TemplatesJarUtil.downloadJarFromURL(downloadUrl, templatesLocation);
+      // if installed template sets property was not empty, install found template sets
+      if (!config.getTemplateSetsInstalled().isEmpty()) {
+        Path templatesLocation = configurationHolder.getConfigurationPath();
+        List<String> downloadUrls = ArtifactRetriever.retrieveTemplateSetJarDownloadURLs(config.getGroupIds(),
+            config.getTemplateSetsInstalled());
+        for (String downloadUrl : downloadUrls) {
+          TemplatesJarUtil.downloadJarFromURL(downloadUrl, templatesLocation);
+        }
       }
     }
     return createBean;
diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/impl/config/ConfigurationProperties.java b/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/impl/config/ConfigurationProperties.java
index f909ffe96..28c3a2bf6 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/impl/config/ConfigurationProperties.java
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/impl/config/ConfigurationProperties.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.util.MavenCoordinate;
 
 /**
- * Data wrapper for configuration Properties. The properties are groupIds, hideTemplates and allowSnapshots
- *
+ * Data wrapper for configuration Properties. The properties are groupIds, hideTemplates, allowSnapshots and
+ * templateSetsInstalled
  */
 public class ConfigurationProperties {
 
@@ -16,27 +16,27 @@ public class ConfigurationProperties {
   /** allow snapshots of template-sets */
   private boolean allowSnapshots;
 
-  /** List of mavenCoordinates for the template sets that should be installed at cobigen startup */
-  private List<MavenCoordinate> templatesInstalled;
+  /** List of mavenCoordinates for the template sets that should be installed at CobiGen startup */
+  private List<MavenCoordinate> templateSetsInstalled;
 
   /** variable to hide very specific template sets or versions of template sets */
-  private List<MavenCoordinate> hideTemplates;
+  private List<MavenCoordinate> hideTemplateSets;
 
   /**
-   * The constructor. load properties from a given source
+   * The constructor. Loads properties from a given source
    *
    * @param groupIds groupID from key template-sets.groupIds
    * @param allowSnapshots from key template-sets.allow-snapshot
    * @param hideTemplates from key template-set.hide
-   * @param mavenCoordinates list of mavenCoordinate that define the templates that should be installed
+   * @param templateSetsInstalled list of mavenCoordinate that define the templates sets that should be installed
    */
   public ConfigurationProperties(List<String> groupIds, boolean allowSnapshots, List<MavenCoordinate> hideTemplates,
-      List<MavenCoordinate> mavenCoordinates) {
+      List<MavenCoordinate> templateSetsInstalled) {
 
     this.groupIds = groupIds;
     this.allowSnapshots = allowSnapshots;
-    this.hideTemplates = hideTemplates;
-    this.templatesInstalled = mavenCoordinates;
+    this.hideTemplateSets = hideTemplates;
+    this.templateSetsInstalled = templateSetsInstalled;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -82,21 +82,21 @@ public void setAllowSnapshots(boolean allowSnapshots) {
   /**
    * Returns a list of the saved templates to be hidden
    *
-   * @return hideTemplates
+   * @return hideTemplateSets
    */
-  public List<MavenCoordinate> getHideTemplates() {
+  public List<MavenCoordinate> getHideTemplateSets() {
 
-    return this.hideTemplates;
+    return this.hideTemplateSets;
   }
 
   /**
    * Sets a list of the HideTemplate from a source
    *
-   * @param hideTemplates new value of {@link #gethideTemplates}.
+   * @param hideTemplateSets new value of {@link #gethideTemplateSets}.
    */
-  public void setHideTemplates(List<MavenCoordinate> hideTemplates) {
+  public void setHideTemplateSets(List<MavenCoordinate> hideTemplateSets) {
 
-    this.hideTemplates = hideTemplates;
+    this.hideTemplateSets = hideTemplateSets;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -104,19 +104,19 @@ public void setHideTemplates(List<MavenCoordinate> hideTemplates) {
    *
    * @return maven coordinates
    */
-  public List<MavenCoordinate> getMavenCoordinates() {
+  public List<MavenCoordinate> getTemplateSetsInstalled() {
 
-    return this.templatesInstalled;
+    return this.templateSetsInstalled;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Set a list of templates that should be installed at startup
+   * Set a list of template sets that should be installed at startup
    *
-   * @param mavenCoordinates new value of {@link #getmavenCoordinates}.
+   * @param templateSetsInstalled new value of {@link #getTemplateSetsInstalled}.
    */
-  public void setMavenCoordinates(List<MavenCoordinate> mavenCoordinates) {
+  public void setTemplateSetsInstalled(List<MavenCoordinate> templateSetsInstalled) {
 
-    this.templatesInstalled = mavenCoordinates;
+    this.templateSetsInstalled = templateSetsInstalled;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/unittest/config/ConfigurationFinderTest.java b/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/unittest/config/ConfigurationFinderTest.java
index 19dc46438..9aa926693 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/unittest/config/ConfigurationFinderTest.java
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-core/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/unittest/config/ConfigurationFinderTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public void emptyConfigurationTest() throws IOException {
     ConfigurationProperties conf = ConfigurationFinder.retrieveCobiGenProperties(emptyConfiguration);
 
     assertThat(conf.getGroupIds()).contains(ConfigurationConstants.CONFIG_PROPERTY_TEMPLATE_SETS_DEFAULT_GROUPID);
-    assertThat(conf.getHideTemplates()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(conf.getHideTemplateSets()).isEmpty();
     assertThat(conf.isAllowSnapshots()).isFalse();
   }
 
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ public void validConfigurationTest() throws IOException {
     assertThat(conf.getGroupIds()).containsSequence("devonfw-cobigen-bla", "abcd", "blablob",
         ConfigurationConstants.CONFIG_PROPERTY_TEMPLATE_SETS_DEFAULT_GROUPID);
     assertThat(conf.isAllowSnapshots()).isTrue();
-    assertThat(conf.getHideTemplates().get(0).getArtifactId().equals("com.devonfw"));
-    assertThat(conf.getHideTemplates().get(0).getGroupId().equals("test-artifact"));
-    assertThat(conf.getHideTemplates().get(0).getVersion().equals("3.2.1-SNAPSHOT"));
+    assertThat(conf.getHideTemplateSets().get(0).getArtifactId().equals("com.devonfw"));
+    assertThat(conf.getHideTemplateSets().get(0).getGroupId().equals("test-artifact"));
+    assertThat(conf.getHideTemplateSets().get(0).getVersion().equals("3.2.1-SNAPSHOT"));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ public void invalidInputConfigurationTest() throws IOException {
         .get("src/test/resources/testdata/unittest/config/properties/invalidConfigProperties/config.properties");
     ConfigurationProperties conf = ConfigurationFinder.retrieveCobiGenProperties(validConfiguration);
 
-    assertTrue(conf.getHideTemplates().isEmpty());
-    assertTrue(conf.getMavenCoordinates().isEmpty());
+    assertTrue(conf.getHideTemplateSets().isEmpty());
+    assertTrue(conf.getTemplateSetsInstalled().isEmpty());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public void invalidPathTest() throws IOException {
     ConfigurationProperties conf = ConfigurationFinder.retrieveCobiGenProperties(invalidPath);
 
     assertThat(conf.getGroupIds()).contains(ConfigurationConstants.CONFIG_PROPERTY_TEMPLATE_SETS_DEFAULT_GROUPID);
-    assertThat(conf.getHideTemplates()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(conf.getHideTemplateSets()).isEmpty();
     assertThat(conf.isAllowSnapshots()).isFalse();
   }