diff --git a/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf b/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf
index 97b4493..0cbea3d 100644
--- a/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf
+++ b/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 # Everything in this file obeys the same rules as ~/.ssh/config, except for the Password, Watch and Debug directives
-
-Host *
-  ExitOnForwardFailure yes
-  TCPKeepAlive yes
-  ServerAliveInterval 15
-  ServerAliveCountMax 3
-  ControlMaster auto
-  StrictHostKeyChecking no
   
 # Examples
 #
diff --git a/tunnelkeeper b/tunnelkeeper
index 4ac8c31..e9c0211 100755
--- a/tunnelkeeper
+++ b/tunnelkeeper
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ DEBUGCONF="$BASEDIR/var/debug.conf"
 
 function genconfig () {
   mkdir -p "$BASEDIR/var"
-  cat "$BASEDIR/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf" | grep -Eiv '^ *(watch|password|debug)' > "$SSHCONF"
+  cat <<EOF > "$SSHCONF"
+Host *
+  ExitOnForwardFailure yes
+  TCPKeepAlive yes
+  ServerAliveInterval 15
+  ServerAliveCountMax 3
+  ControlMaster auto
+  StrictHostKeyChecking no
+
+EOF
+  cat "$BASEDIR/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf" | grep -Eiv '^ *(watch|password|debug)' >> "$SSHCONF"
   cat "$BASEDIR/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf" | grep -Ei '^( *watch|Host)' | awk '{print $1 " " $2}' | grep -i -B1 --no-group-separator watch | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/Host /\n/g; s/ *[Ww]atch//g' > "$WATCHCONF"
   cat "$BASEDIR/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf" | grep -Ei '^( *password|Host)' | awk '{print $1 " " $2}' | grep -i -B1 --no-group-separator password | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/Host /\n/g; s/ *[Pp]assword//g' > "$PWCONF"
   cat "$BASEDIR/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf" | grep -Ei '^( *debug|Host)' | awk '{print $1 " " $2}' | grep -i -B1 --no-group-separator debug | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/Host /\n/g; s/ *[Dd]ebug//g' > "$DEBUGCONF"
@@ -88,7 +98,7 @@ case "$1" in
     [[ -e "$BASEDIR/var/tunnelkeeper.pid" ]] && exit
     genconfig
     echo $$ > "$BASEDIR/var/tunnelkeeper.pid"
-    cat "$SSHCONF" | awk '/^Host / {print $2}' | grep -v \* | xargs -I% -P0 $0 FORKSTART % '#tunnelkeeper' &
+    cat "$BASEDIR/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf" | awk '/^Host / {print $2}' | xargs -I% -P0 $0 FORKSTART % '#tunnelkeeper' &
   ;;
   stop )
     rm -f "$BASEDIR/var/tunnelkeeper.pid"