diff --git a/src/gl-easy-install b/src/gl-easy-install
index 7d1c3d0..11b14e2 100755
--- a/src/gl-easy-install
+++ b/src/gl-easy-install
@@ -403,11 +403,11 @@ initial_conf_key() {
     echo "#gitolite conf
 # please see conf/example.conf for details on syntax and features
 
-repo gitolite-admin
-    RW+                 = $admin_name
+repo    gitolite-admin
+        RW+     =   $admin_name
 
-repo testing
-    RW+                 = @all
+repo    testing
+        RW+     =   @all
 
 " > $tmpgli/gitolite.conf
 
diff --git a/src/gl-setup b/src/gl-setup
index f1fb3fd..fb20fbb 100755
--- a/src/gl-setup
+++ b/src/gl-setup
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ GL_ADMINDIR=$(get_rc_val '$GL_ADMINDIR')
 REPO_BASE=$(  get_rc_val '$REPO_BASE'  )
 
 [ -f $GL_ADMINDIR/conf/gitolite.conf ] || {
-    cat <<EOF > $GL_ADMINDIR/conf/gitolite.conf
+    cat <<EOF | cut -c9- > $GL_ADMINDIR/conf/gitolite.conf
         repo    gitolite-admin
                 RW+     =   $admin_name