diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6808bd4..3f32743 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ COPY assets /px-deploy/assets
 COPY scripts /px-deploy/scripts
 COPY templates /px-deploy/templates
 COPY infra /px-deploy/infra
+COPY defaults.yml /px-deploy/versions.yml
 COPY VERSION /
 COPY --from=build /px-deploy/terraform/aws /px-deploy/terraform/aws 
 COPY --from=build /px-deploy/terraform/azure /px-deploy/terraform/azure
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 6413ffb..2d91bbd 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ done
 
 # existing defaults.yml found. Dont replace, but ask for updating versions
 if [ -e $HOME/.px-deploy/defaults.yml ]; then
-  echo -e "${YELLOW}Existing defaults.yml found. Please consider updating k8s_version and px_version to release settings (check $HOME/px-deploy/defaults.yml.$ver)."
+  echo -e "${YELLOW}Existing defaults.yml found. Please consider updating k8s_version and px_version to release settings (check $HOME/px-deploy/versions.yml)."
 else
   cp defaults.yml $HOME/.px-deploy/defaults.yml
 fi
-cp defaults.yml $HOME/.px-deploy/defaults.yml.$ver
+cp defaults.yml $HOME/.px-deploy/versions.yml
 
 echo
 echo -e ${YELLOW}If you are using zsh, append this to your .zshrc:
diff --git a/px-deploy.go b/px-deploy.go
index e695f9d..aeab7ab 100644
--- a/px-deploy.go
+++ b/px-deploy.go
@@ -2048,11 +2048,11 @@ func get_version_latest() string {
 
 func check_for_recommended_settings(config *Config) {
 	// check for "recommended" version in default.yaml.[version_current]
-	if _, err := os.Stat("defaults.yml." + get_version_current()); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		fmt.Printf("%sdefaults.yml.%s not found. No recommended versions available to be shown%s \n", Yellow, get_version_current(), Reset)
+	if _, err := os.Stat("versions.yml"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		fmt.Printf("%sversions.yml not found. No recommended versions available to be shown%s \n", Yellow, Reset)
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("checking your defaults.yml for recommended version settings (from defaults.yml.%s) \n", get_version_current())
-		recommended_versions := parse_yaml(fmt.Sprintf("defaults.yml.%s", get_version_current()))
+		fmt.Printf("checking your defaults.yml for recommended version settings (from versions.yml) \n")
+		recommended_versions := parse_yaml("versions.yml")
 		recVers := reflect.ValueOf(recommended_versions)
 		curDef := reflect.ValueOf(config)
 		typeOfS := recVers.Type()
@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ func check_for_recommended_settings(config *Config) {
 
 func sync_repository() {
 	fmt.Printf("syncing container repo to local dir\n")
-	cmd := exec.Command("rsync", "-a", "/px-deploy/assets", "/px-deploy/scripts", "/px-deploy/templates", "/px-deploy/infra", "/px-deploy/.px-deploy/")
+	cmd := exec.Command("rsync", "-a", "/px-deploy/assets", "/px-deploy/scripts", "/px-deploy/templates", "/px-deploy/infra", "/px-deploy/versions.yml", "/px-deploy/.px-deploy/")
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	errapply := cmd.Run()