diff --git a/recipes/_service.rb b/recipes/_service.rb
index 4a181a8d..7a510beb 100644
--- a/recipes/_service.rb
+++ b/recipes/_service.rb
@@ -92,14 +92,6 @@
   end
 end
 
-file node[:consul][:config_dir] + '/default.json' do
-  user consul_user
-  group consul_group
-  mode 0600
-  action :create
-  content JSON.pretty_generate(service_config, quirks_mode: true)
-end
-
 case node[:consul][:init_style]
 when 'init'
   template '/etc/init.d/consul' do
@@ -129,3 +121,11 @@
     )
   end
 end
+
+file node[:consul][:config_dir] + '/default.json' do
+  user consul_user
+  group consul_group
+  mode 0600
+  action :create
+  content JSON.pretty_generate(service_config, quirks_mode: true)
+end