diff --git a/salt/firewall/soc_firewall.yaml b/salt/firewall/defaults_soc_firewall.yaml
similarity index 98%
rename from salt/firewall/soc_firewall.yaml
rename to salt/firewall/defaults_soc_firewall.yaml
index ff2409b54..718cba441 100644
--- a/salt/firewall/soc_firewall.yaml
+++ b/salt/firewall/defaults_soc_firewall.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ firewall:
   custom_groups:
     groups:
       description: List of group names to create.
-      file: True
+      multiline: True
+      forcedType: "[]string"
       global: True
       title: Custom Firewall Groups
       helpLink: firewall.html#host-groups