diff --git a/consul-template/defaults.yaml b/consul-template/defaults.yaml
index c91a4db..c541ced 100644
--- a/consul-template/defaults.yaml
+++ b/consul-template/defaults.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ consul_template:
     log_level: info
   tmpl:
     - name: example
-      source: salt://consul-template/files/example.tmpl
+      source: salt://consul-template/files/example.ctmpl
       config:
         template:
           source: /etc/consul-template/tmpl-source/example.ctmpl
diff --git a/consul-template/files/example.tmpl b/consul-template/files/example.ctmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from consul-template/files/example.tmpl
rename to consul-template/files/example.ctmpl