diff --git a/states/roles/maintain/saltmaster/init.sls b/states/roles/maintain/saltmaster/init.sls
index 062301b..815fbe4 100644
--- a/states/roles/maintain/saltmaster/init.sls
+++ b/states/roles/maintain/saltmaster/init.sls
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 {%- set os=grains['os'] -%}
-{%- set branches=salt.cmd.shell('git ls-remote https://git.actcur.com/actcur/salt.git | grep -o -P "(?<=refs/heads/).*" | grep -Pv "(^temp$)|(^history$)"') -%}
 
 /test:
   file.managed:
-    - content: '{{branches}}'
+    - source: salt://roles/maintain/saltmaster/test
 
 salt-master:
 {%- if os=="CentOS" or os=="RedHat" %}
diff --git a/states/roles/maintain/saltmaster/test b/states/roles/maintain/saltmaster/test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48ac69d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/states/roles/maintain/saltmaster/test
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{%- set branches=salt.cmd.shell('git ls-remote https://git.actcur.com/actcur/salt.git | grep -o -P "(?<=refs/heads/).*" | grep -Pv "(^temp$)|(^history$)"').split(' ') -%}
+branches:
+  saltmaster:
+    - a
+{%- for branch in branches %}
+    - {{branch}}
+{% endfor %}