diff --git a/keepalived/defaults.yaml b/keepalived/defaults.yaml
index 65a9acd..4e477bd 100644
--- a/keepalived/defaults.yaml
+++ b/keepalived/defaults.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 # keepalived/defaults.yaml
 
-keepalived:
-  global_defs:
-    smtp_server: localhost
+global_defs:
+  smtp_server: localhost
diff --git a/keepalived/templates/keepalived.jinja b/keepalived/templates/keepalived.jinja
index 899aff7..20b95d6 100644
--- a/keepalived/templates/keepalived.jinja
+++ b/keepalived/templates/keepalived.jinja
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 {{ '\n' }}
 {%- import_yaml 'keepalived/defaults.yaml' as keepalived_defaults %}
 {%- set keepalived_final_values = salt.pillar.get(
-    'keepalived:',
+    'keepalived',
     default=keepalived_defaults,
     merge=True) %}