diff --git a/pki/pki.go b/pki/pki.go
index 58f256b1..ea2da61e 100644
--- a/pki/pki.go
+++ b/pki/pki.go
@@ -950,7 +950,11 @@ func (p *PKI) Save(opt ...ConfigOption) error {
 			return errs.FileError(err, p.defaults)
 		}
 		if p.profileDefaults != "" {
-			if err = fileutil.WriteFile(p.profileDefaults, []byte("{}"), 0644); err != nil {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(p.profileDefaults); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				if err = fileutil.WriteFile(p.profileDefaults, []byte("{}"), 0644); err != nil {
+					return errs.FileError(err, p.profileDefaults)
+				}
+			} else if err != nil {
 				return errs.FileError(err, p.profileDefaults)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/templates/templates.go b/templates/templates.go
index e760f0a4..dee7aa5f 100644
--- a/templates/templates.go
+++ b/templates/templates.go
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ type TemplateType string
 const (
 	// Snippet will mark a template as a part of a file.
 	Snippet TemplateType = "snippet"
-	// Line is a template for a single line in a file.
-	Line TemplateType = "line"
+	// PrependLine is a template for prepending a single line to a file. If the
+	// line already exists in the file it will be removed first.
+	PrependLine TemplateType = "prepend-line"
 	// File will mark a templates as a full file.
 	File TemplateType = "file"
 	// Directory will mark a template as a directory.
@@ -120,8 +121,8 @@ func (t *Template) Validate() error {
 		return nil
 	case t.Name == "":
 		return errors.New("template name cannot be empty")
-	case t.Type != Snippet && t.Type != File && t.Type != Directory && t.Type != Line:
-		return errors.Errorf("invalid template type %s, it must be %s, %s, %s, or %s", t.Type, Snippet, Line, File, Directory)
+	case t.Type != Snippet && t.Type != File && t.Type != Directory && t.Type != PrependLine:
+		return errors.Errorf("invalid template type %s, it must be %s, %s, %s, or %s", t.Type, Snippet, PrependLine, File, Directory)
 	case t.TemplatePath == "" && t.Type != Directory && len(t.Content) == 0:
 		return errors.New("template template cannot be empty")
 	case t.TemplatePath != "" && t.Type == Directory:
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ func (o *Output) Write() error {
 		return fileutil.WriteFile(path, o.Content, 0600)
 	case Snippet:
 		return fileutil.WriteSnippet(path, o.Content, 0600)
-	case Line:
+	case PrependLine:
 		return fileutil.PrependLine(path, o.Content, 0600)
 	default:
 		return errors.Errorf("unexpected output template type %s", string(o.Type))
diff --git a/templates/values.go b/templates/values.go
index c59843af..c5e3f291 100644
--- a/templates/values.go
+++ b/templates/values.go
@@ -22,23 +22,23 @@ type StepSSH struct {
 var DefaultSSHTemplates = SSHTemplates{
 	User: []Template{
 		{
-			Name:         "base_config.tpl",
+			Name:         "config.tpl",
 			Type:         Snippet,
-			TemplatePath: "templates/ssh/base_config.tpl",
+			TemplatePath: "templates/ssh/config.tpl",
 			Path:         "~/.ssh/config",
 			Comment:      "#",
 		},
 		{
-			Name:         "includes.tpl",
-			Type:         Line,
-			TemplatePath: "templates/ssh/includes.tpl",
+			Name:         "step_includes.tpl",
+			Type:         PrependLine,
+			TemplatePath: "templates/ssh/step_includes.tpl",
 			Path:         "${STEPPATH}/ssh/includes",
 			Comment:      "#",
 		},
 		{
-			Name:         "config.tpl",
+			Name:         "step_config.tpl",
 			Type:         File,
-			TemplatePath: "templates/ssh/config.tpl",
+			TemplatePath: "templates/ssh/step_config.tpl",
 			Path:         "ssh/config",
 			Comment:      "#",
 		},
@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ var DefaultSSHTemplateData = map[string]string{
 	// Note: on windows `Include C:\...` is treated as a relative path.
 	"base_config.tpl": `Host *
 {{- if or .User.GOOS "none" | eq "windows" }}
-{{- if .User.Authority }}
+{{- if .User.StepBasePath }}
 	Include "{{ .User.StepBasePath | replace "\\" "/" | trimPrefix "C:" }}/ssh/includes"
 {{- else }}
-	Include "{{ .User.StepPath | replace "\\" "/" | trimPrefix "C:" }}/ssh/config"
+	Include "{{ .User.StepPath | replace "\\" "/" | trimPrefix "C:" }}/ssh/includes"
 {{- end }}
 {{- else }}
-{{- if .User.Authority }}
+{{- if .User.StepBasePath }}
 	Include "{{.User.StepBasePath}}/ssh/includes"
 {{- else }}
-	Include "{{.User.StepPath}}/ssh/config"
+	Include "{{.User.StepPath}}/ssh/includes"
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}`,