diff --git a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/config.ts b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/config.ts
index 7351edb37..055dfde19 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/config.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/config.ts
@@ -41,14 +41,15 @@ export default function generator(plop: PlopTypes.NodePlopAPI): void {
 			{
 				type: 'addMany',
 				destination: `${plop.getDestBasePath()}/../{{name}}`,
-				templateFiles: ['templates/**'],
+				// plop doesn't like our cliff.toml file since it tries to parse it. we add it manually later
+				templateFiles: ['templates/**', '!templates/default/cliff.toml'],
 				globOptions: { dot: true },
 				base: 'templates/default/',
 				stripExtensions: ['hbs'],
 			},
 			{
 				type: 'modify',
-				path: `${plop.getDestBasePath()}/turbo/generators/templates/cliff.toml`,
+				path: `${plop.getDestBasePath()}/turbo/generators/templates/default/cliff.toml`,
 				async transform(content, answers) {
 					const cliffTOML = content.replace('{{name}}', answers.name);
 					await writeFile(`${plop.getDestBasePath()}/../${answers.name}/cliff.toml`, cliffTOML);
diff --git a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.cliff-jumperrc.json.hbs b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.cliff-jumperrc.json.hbs
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.cliff-jumperrc.json.hbs
rename to packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.cliff-jumperrc.json.hbs
diff --git a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.gitignore.hbs b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.gitignore
similarity index 91%
rename from packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.gitignore.hbs
rename to packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.gitignore
index 218b2089e..cd74cea28 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.gitignore.hbs
+++ b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Packages node_modules # Log files logs *.log npm-debug.log* # Runtime data pids *.pid *.seed # Env .env # Dist dist
-dist-docs # Docs docs/**/* !docs/README.md # Miscellaneous .turbo .tmp coverage
\ No newline at end of file
+dist-docs # Docs docs/**/* !docs/README.md # Miscellaneous .turbo .tmp coverage
diff --git a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.lintstagedrc.js.hbs b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.lintstagedrc.js.hbs
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.lintstagedrc.js.hbs
rename to packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.lintstagedrc.js.hbs
diff --git a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.prettierignore.hbs b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.prettierignore
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.prettierignore.hbs
rename to packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.prettierignore
diff --git a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.prettierrc.js.hbs b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.prettierrc.js.hbs
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/.prettierrc.js.hbs
rename to packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/.prettierrc.js.hbs
diff --git a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/api-extractor.json.hbs b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/api-extractor.json.hbs
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/api-extractor.json.hbs
rename to packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/api-extractor.json.hbs
diff --git a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/cliff.toml b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/cliff.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/cliff.toml
rename to packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/cliff.toml
diff --git a/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/package.json.hbs b/packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/package.json.hbs
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/package.json.hbs
rename to packages/scripts/turbo/generators/templates/default/package.json.hbs