diff --git a/manifests/icinga2/objects/templates.pp b/manifests/icinga2/objects/templates.pp
index 16e00899..3fc29b64 100644
--- a/manifests/icinga2/objects/templates.pp
+++ b/manifests/icinga2/objects/templates.pp
@@ -1,48 +1,51 @@
 # Icinga2 object template definitions
 class profile::icinga2::objects::templates {
+
+  $template_file = '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf'
+
   ::icinga2::object::host {'generic-host':
     template           => true,
     max_check_attempts => 3,
     check_interval     => '1m',
     retry_interval     => '30s',
     check_command      => 'hostalive',
-    target             => '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf',
+    target             => $template_file,
   }
 
   ::icinga2::object::service {'generic-service':
     template           => true,
     max_check_attempts => 5,
     check_interval     => '1m',
     retry_interval     => '30s',
-    target             => '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf',
+    target             => $template_file,
   }
 
   ::icinga2::object::user {'generic-user':
     template => true,
-    target   => '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf',
+    target   => $template_file,
   }
 
   ::icinga2::object::notification {'mail-host-notification':
     template => true,
     command  => 'mail-host-notification',
     states   => ['Up', 'Down'],
     types    => [
       'Problem', 'Acknowledgement', 'Recovery', 'Custom', 'FlappingStart',
       'FlappingEnd', 'DowntimeStart', 'DowntimeEnd', 'DowntimeRemoved',
     ],
     period   => '24x7',
-    target   => '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf',
+    target   => $template_file,
   }
 
   ::icinga2::object::notification {'mail-service-notification':
     template => true,
     command  => 'mail-service-notification',
     states   => ['OK', 'Warning', 'Critical', 'Unknown' ],
     types    => [
       'Problem', 'Acknowledgement', 'Recovery', 'Custom', 'FlappingStart',
       'FlappingEnd', 'DowntimeStart', 'DowntimeEnd', 'DowntimeRemoved',
     ],
     period   => '24x7',
-    target   => '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf',
+    target   => $template_file,
   }
 }