diff --git a/cli/app/new.go b/cli/app/new.go
index 07dd7fc2..b0dbe26e 100644
--- a/cli/app/new.go
+++ b/cli/app/new.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func action(c *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 	logrus.Debugf("'%s' sanitised as '%s' for new app", newAppName, sanitisedAppName)
 
-	if err := config.CopyAppEnvSample(recipe.Name, newAppName, newAppServer); err != nil {
+	if err := config.TemplateAppEnvSample(recipe.Name, newAppName, newAppServer, domain, recipe.Name); err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/app.go b/pkg/config/app.go
index 92655d7e..9b6c5ad8 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app.go
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ func GetAppNames() ([]string, error) {
 	return appNames, nil
 }
 
-// CopyAppEnvSample copies the example env file for the app into the users env files
-func CopyAppEnvSample(appType, appName, server string) error {
+// TemplateAppEnvSample copies the example env file for the app into the users env files
+func TemplateAppEnvSample(appType, appName, server, domain, recipe string) error {
 	envSamplePath := path.Join(ABRA_DIR, "apps", appType, ".env.sample")
 	envSample, err := ioutil.ReadFile(envSamplePath)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ func CopyAppEnvSample(appType, appName, server string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s already exists?", appEnvPath)
 	}
 
+	envSample = []byte(strings.Replace(string(envSample), fmt.Sprintf("%s.example.com", recipe), domain, -1));
+	envSample = []byte(strings.Replace(string(envSample), "example.com", domain, -1));
+
 	err = ioutil.WriteFile(appEnvPath, envSample, 0755)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err