diff --git a/pillar/zeek/init.sls b/pillar/zeek/init.sls
index 28b43ef5b..10b92bb03 100644
--- a/pillar/zeek/init.sls
+++ b/pillar/zeek/init.sls
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ zeek:
     CfgDir: /opt/zeek/etc
     CompressLogs: 1
   local:
-    load:
+    '@load':
       - misc/loaded-scripts
       - tuning/defaults
       - misc/capture-loss
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ zeek:
       - securityonion/bpfconf
       - securityonion/communityid
       - securityonion/file-extraction
-    load-sigs:
+    '@load-sigs':
       - frameworks/signatures/detect-windows-shells
     redef:
       - LogAscii::use_json = T;
diff --git a/salt/zeek/files/local.zeek.jinja b/salt/zeek/files/local.zeek.jinja
index 364efa923..61f5df7d8 100644
--- a/salt/zeek/files/local.zeek.jinja
+++ b/salt/zeek/files/local.zeek.jinja
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ##! Local site policy.
 
-{%- set ALLOWEDOPTIONS = [ 'load', 'load-sigs', 'redef' ] %}
+{%- set ALLOWEDOPTIONS = [ '@load', '@load-sigs', 'redef' ] %}
 
 {%- for k, v in LOCAL.items() %}
   {%- if k|lower in ALLOWEDOPTIONS %}
     {%- for li in v|sort %}
-@{{ k }} {{ li }}
+{{ k }} {{ li }}
     {%- endfor %}
   {%- endif %}
 {%- endfor %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja b/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
index 0a6be371c..6d28d4dbd 100644
--- a/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
+++ b/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
   {%- if option|lower in ALLOWEDOPTIONS %}
 {{ option }} = {{ ZEEKCTL[option] }}
   {%- endif %}
-{%- endfor %}
+{%- endfor %}
\ No newline at end of file