diff --git a/config/config-template.php b/config/config-template.php
index 7db0db403bc850a8b9095287fc44ec3836109d9d..4dc0efd42041c8c1f89628a8ff9dd945568c96f1 100644
--- a/config/config-template.php
+++ b/config/config-template.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ $config = array (
 	 */
 	'basedir' 				=> '/var/simplesamlphp/',
 	'baseurlpath'			=> 'simplesaml/',
-	'templatedir'			=> 'templates/',
+	'templatedir'			=> 'templates/default/',
 	'metadatadir'			=> 'metadata/',
 	'attributenamemapdir'	=> 'attributemap/',