diff --git a/cli/recipe/new.go b/cli/recipe/new.go
index 3bf27a98..ef8a26c9 100644
--- a/cli/recipe/new.go
+++ b/cli/recipe/new.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package recipe
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"text/template"
@@ -74,20 +76,20 @@ recipe and domain in the sample environment config).
 			path.Join(config.RECIPES_DIR, recipeName, ".env.sample"),
 		}
 		for _, path := range toParse {
-			file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR, 0664)
-			if err != nil {
-				logrus.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			defer file.Close()
-
 			tpl, err := template.ParseFiles(path)
 			if err != nil {
 				logrus.Fatal(err)
 			}
 
-			if err := tpl.Execute(file, meta); err != nil {
+			var templated bytes.Buffer
+			if err := tpl.Execute(&templated, meta); err != nil {
 				logrus.Fatal(err)
 			}
+
+			if err := ioutil.WriteFile(path, templated.Bytes(), 0644); err != nil {
+				logrus.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
 		}
 
 		newGitRepo := path.Join(config.RECIPES_DIR, recipeName)