diff --git a/pillar/data/addtotab.sh b/pillar/data/addtotab.sh
index 8e5a166cc..619f1722f 100644
--- a/pillar/data/addtotab.sh
+++ b/pillar/data/addtotab.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ if [ ! -d $local_salt_dir/pillar/data/ ]; then
   mkdir -p $local_salt_dir/pillar/data/
 fi
 
+# Create the template
 if [ ! -f $local_salt_dir/pillar/data/$TYPE.sls ]; then
-  cp $default_salt_dir/pillar/data/$TYPE.sls $local_salt_dir/pillar/data/$TYPE.sls
+	  printf '%s\n'\
+	  "$TYPE:"\
+	  "" > "$local_salt_dir/pillar/data"/$TYPE.sls
+	  echo "Added $TYPE Template"
 fi
 
 echo "Seeing if this host is already in here. If so delete it"
diff --git a/pillar/data/evaltab.sls b/pillar/data/evaltab.sls
deleted file mode 100644
index 496542c18..000000000
--- a/pillar/data/evaltab.sls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-evaltab:
diff --git a/pillar/data/mastersearchtab.sls b/pillar/data/mastersearchtab.sls
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e48930ab..000000000
--- a/pillar/data/mastersearchtab.sls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-mastersearchtab:
diff --git a/pillar/data/mastertab.sls b/pillar/data/mastertab.sls
deleted file mode 100644
index daf832a5f..000000000
--- a/pillar/data/mastertab.sls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-mastertab:
diff --git a/pillar/data/nodestab.sls b/pillar/data/nodestab.sls
deleted file mode 100644
index b30173cca..000000000
--- a/pillar/data/nodestab.sls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-nodestab:
diff --git a/pillar/data/sensorstab.sls b/pillar/data/sensorstab.sls
deleted file mode 100644
index 60032a938..000000000
--- a/pillar/data/sensorstab.sls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sensorstab:
diff --git a/salt/suricata/init.sls b/salt/suricata/init.sls
index 39f419ad0..cc6c6f8a3 100644
--- a/salt/suricata/init.sls
+++ b/salt/suricata/init.sls
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ surilogdir:
     - user: 940
     - group: 939
 
+ruleslink:
+  file.symlink:
+    - name: /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/suricata/rules
+    - target: /opt/so/rules/nids
+
 surirulesync:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /opt/so/conf/suricata/rules/