diff --git a/salt/strelka/defaults.yaml b/salt/strelka/defaults.yaml
index cdd75a22d..8060f520d 100644
--- a/salt/strelka/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/strelka/defaults.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ strelka:
           addr: 'HOST:6380'
           db: 0
         tasting:
-          mime_db: null
+          mime_db: '/usr/lib/file/magic.mgc'
           yara_rules: '/etc/strelka/taste/'
         scanners:
           'ScanBase64':
diff --git a/salt/strelka/init.sls b/salt/strelka/init.sls
index bded9ca70..80b43a017 100644
--- a/salt/strelka/init.sls
+++ b/salt/strelka/init.sls
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ backend_passwords:
     - defaults:
         PASSWORDS: {{ STRELKAMERGED.config.backend.passwords }}
 
+backend_taste:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /opt/so/conf/strelka/backend/taste/taste.yara
+    - source: salt://strelka/files/backend/taste/taste.yara
+    - makedirs: True
+    - user: 939
+    - group: 939
+
 filestream_config:
   file.managed:
     - name: /opt/so/conf/strelka/filestream/filestream.yaml