diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e3a95437..09047e5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ pandora/gunicorn_config.py
 .DS_Store
 .env
 overlay/
+pandora/encoding.conf
+pandora/tasks.conf
diff --git a/ctl b/ctl
index b78183ba..4be430b8 100755
--- a/ctl
+++ b/ctl
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ if [ "$action" = "init" ]; then
     done
     cd ${BASE}
     $SUDO ./bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
-    if [ ! -e pandora/gunicorn_config.py ]; then
-        $SUDO cp pandora/gunicorn_config.py.in pandora/gunicorn_config.py
-    fi
+    for template in gunicorn_config.py encoding.conf tasks.conf; do
+        if [ ! -e pandora/$template ]; then
+            $SUDO cp pandora/${template}.in pandora/$template
+        fi
+    done
     exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -77,6 +79,11 @@ if [ "$action" = "install" ]; then
     BASE=`pwd`
     if [ -x /bin/systemctl ]; then
         if [ -d /etc/systemd/system/ ]; then
+            for template in gunicorn_config.py encoding.conf tasks.conf; do
+                if [ ! -e pandora/$template ]; then
+                    $SUDO cp pandora/${template}.in pandora/$template
+                fi
+            done
             for service in $SERVICES; do
                 if [ -e /lib/systemd/system/${service}.service ]; then
                     rm -f /lib/systemd/system/${service}.service \
diff --git a/pandora/encoding.conf b/pandora/encoding.conf.in
similarity index 100%
rename from pandora/encoding.conf
rename to pandora/encoding.conf.in
diff --git a/pandora/tasks.conf b/pandora/tasks.conf.in
similarity index 100%
rename from pandora/tasks.conf
rename to pandora/tasks.conf.in