diff --git a/nginx/ng/map.jinja b/nginx/ng/map.jinja
index 70afee7..423987f 100644
--- a/nginx/ng/map.jinja
+++ b/nginx/ng/map.jinja
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
             'vhost_available': '/etc/nginx/sites-available',
             'vhost_enabled': '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled',
             'vhost_use_symlink': True,
-            'vhost_overwrite': True,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
         },
         'CentOS': {
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
             'vhost_available': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'vhost_enabled': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'vhost_use_symlink': False,
-            'vhost_overwrite': True,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'rh_os_releasever': '$releasever',
             'gpg_check': False,
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@
             'vhost_available': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'vhost_enabled': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'vhost_use_symlink': False,
-            'vhost_overwrite': True,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'rh_os_releasever': '$releasever',
             'gpg_check': False,
@@ -53,7 +50,6 @@
             'vhost_available': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'vhost_enabled': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'vhost_use_symlink': False,
-            'vhost_overwrite': True,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'gpg_check': True,
             'gpg_key': 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/http/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml.key'
@@ -66,7 +62,6 @@
             'vhost_available': '/etc/nginx/sites-available',
             'vhost_enabled': '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled',
             'vhost_use_symlink': True,
-            'vhost_overwrite': True,
         },
         'Gentoo': {
             'package': 'www-servers/nginx',
@@ -76,7 +71,6 @@
             'vhost_available': '/etc/nginx/sites-available',
             'vhost_enabled': '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled',
             'vhost_use_symlink': True,
-            'vhost_overwrite': True,
         },
     }, default='Debian' ),
     'install_from_source': False,
@@ -87,7 +81,6 @@
     'source_hash': '8ed647c3dd65bc4ced03b0e0f6bf9e633eff6b01bac772bcf97077d58bc2be4d',
     'source': {
         'opts': {},
-        'modules': {}
     },
     'package': {
         'opts': {},
diff --git a/nginx/ng/vhosts_config.sls b/nginx/ng/vhosts_config.sls
index f51b782..5b422ec 100644
--- a/nginx/ng/vhosts_config.sls
+++ b/nginx/ng/vhosts_config.sls
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ nginx_vhost_available_dir:
     - template: jinja
     - context:
         config: {{ settings.config|json() }}
-    {% if nginx.lookup.vhost_overwrite == False %}
+    {% if 'overwrite' in vhost and vhost.overwrite == False %}
     - unless:
       - test -e {{ vhost_curpath(vhost) }}
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 847cdde..bfdc737 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ nginx:
           enabled_dir: /tmp/sites-enabled # an alternate directory (not sites-enabled) where this vhost may be found
           disabled_name: mysite.aint_on # an alternative disabled name to be use when not symlinking
           enabled: True
+          overwrite: True # overwrite an existing vhost file or not
           
           # May be a list of config options or None, if None, no vhost file will be managed/templated
           # Take server directives as lists of dictionaries. If the dictionary value is another list of