diff --git a/templates/wakka.config.php b/templates/wakka.config.php
index 207806a..1284292 100644
--- a/templates/wakka.config.php
+++ b/templates/wakka.config.php
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-
 $wakkaConfig = array(
   'wakka_version' => '0.1.1',
   'wikini_version' => '0.5.0',
diff --git a/utils.inc.php b/utils.inc.php
index 4b8260f..c938e43 100644
--- a/utils.inc.php
+++ b/utils.inc.php
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ function createWakkaConfig($domain, $user, $dbUser)
 {
     $destDir = '/home' . '/' . $user . '/' . $domain;
     $templates = new League\Plates\Engine(dirname(__FILE__) . '/templates');
-    file_put_contents($destDir.'/wakka.config.php', $templates->render('wakka.config', [
+    file_put_contents($destDir.'/wakka.config.php', '<?php'."\n\n".$templates->render('wakka.config', [
         'domain' => $domain,
         'database' => $dbUser['database'],
         'databaseUser' => $dbUser['user'],