diff --git a/pillar/static/example.sls b/pillar/static/example.sls
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28453e11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pillar/static/example.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This is for global salt items such as ntp servers etc.
+static:
+  ntpserver:
+  homenet:
+  proxy:
diff --git a/so-setup-network.sh b/so-setup-network.sh
index 9da55f3df..04f7f468e 100644
--- a/so-setup-network.sh
+++ b/so-setup-network.sh
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ salt_master_directories() {
 
   # Create salt paster directories
   mkdir -p /opt/so/saltstack/salt
-  mkdir -p /opt/so/saltstack/pillar/static
+  mkdir -p /opt/so/saltstack/pillar
 
   # Copy over the salt code and templates
   cp -R pillar/* /opt/so/saltstack/pillar/