diff --git a/freqtrade/templates/FreqaiExampleHybridStrategy.py b/freqtrade/templates/FreqaiExampleHybridStrategy.py
index 0e7113f8c..3f27ee4a1 100644
--- a/freqtrade/templates/FreqaiExampleHybridStrategy.py
+++ b/freqtrade/templates/FreqaiExampleHybridStrategy.py
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ class FreqaiExampleHybridStrategy(IStrategy):
         :param metadata: metadata of current pair
         usage example: dataframe["&-target"] = dataframe["close"].shift(-1) / dataframe["close"]
         """
+        self.freqai.class_names = ["down", "up"]
         dataframe['&s-up_or_down'] = np.where(dataframe["close"].shift(-50) >
                                               dataframe["close"], 'up', 'down')