diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 2cf1b28cf..5f98e685e 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -996,8 +996,8 @@ fireeye_pillar() {
 	printf '%s\n'\
 		"fireeye:"\
 		"  helix:"\
-		"" > "$fireeye_pillar_path"/init.sls
 		"    api_key: '$HELIXAPIKEY'" \
+		"" > "$fireeye_pillar_path/init.sls"
 
 }