diff --git a/.chef/config.rb b/.chef/config.rb
index 88245e4..96bb67b 100644
--- a/.chef/config.rb
+++ b/.chef/config.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ data_bag_path             "data_bags"
 encrypted_data_bag_secret "#{current_dir}/encrypted_data_bag_secret"
 local_mode                true # Chef local mode, replacing Solo
 
-cookbook_copyright     'Kosmos'
-cookbook_license       'none'
-cookbook_email         'mail@kosmos.org'
-
 # Knife-Zero config, see https://knife-zero.github.io/40_configuration/
 # Prevent attributes from being saved to the node files
 knife[:automatic_attribute_whitelist] = %w[
diff --git a/config.rb b/config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a04d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Set default values for `chef generate cookbook COOKBOOK_NAME`
+chefdk.generator.copyright_holder 'Kosmos Developers'
+chefdk.generator.license          'mit'
+chefdk.generator.email            'mail@kosmos.org'