diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index 8291d9ae..a6efcd62 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency('kramdown', "~> 0.13.4")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('pygments.rb', "~> 0.3.2")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('commander', "~> 4.1.3")
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('safe_yaml', "~> 0.4")
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('safe_yaml', "~> 0.7.0")
 
   s.add_development_dependency('rake', "~> 0.9")
   s.add_development_dependency('rdoc', "~> 3.11")
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     lib/site_template/_config.yml
     lib/site_template/_layouts/default.html
     lib/site_template/_layouts/post.html
-    lib/site_template/_posts/0000-00-00-sample_post.markdown.erb
+    lib/site_template/_posts/0000-00-00-welcome-to-jekyll.markdown.erb
     lib/site_template/css/screen.css
     lib/site_template/css/syntax.css
     lib/site_template/images/.gitkeep
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
index dc71545f..e650dc52 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
@@ -3,21 +3,22 @@ require 'erb'
 module Jekyll
   module Commands
     class New < Command
-
       def self.process(args)
+        raise ArgumentError.new('You must specify a path.') if args.empty?
+
         new_blog_path = File.expand_path(args.join(" "), Dir.pwd)
         FileUtils.mkdir_p new_blog_path
 
-        create_sample_files! new_blog_path
+        create_sample_files new_blog_path
 
         File.open(File.expand_path(self.initialized_post_name, new_blog_path), "w") do |f|
-          f.write(self.scaffold_post_content(template_site))
+          f.write(self.scaffold_post_content(site_template))
         end
         puts "New jekyll site installed in #{new_blog_path}."
       end
 
       def self.scaffold_post_content(template_site)
-        ERB.new(File.read(File.expand_path(scaffold_path, template_site))).result
+        ERB.new(File.read(File.expand_path(scaffold_path, site_template))).result
       end
 
       # Internal: Gets the filename of the sample post to be created
@@ -28,23 +29,18 @@ module Jekyll
       end
 
       private
+      def self.create_sample_files(path)
+        FileUtils.cp_r site_template + '/.', path
+        FileUtils.rm File.expand_path(scaffold_path, path)
+      end
 
-        def self.create_sample_files!(path)
-          FileUtils.cp_r sample_files, path
-          FileUtils.rm File.expand_path(scaffold_path, path)
-        end
+      def self.site_template
+        File.expand_path("../../site_template", File.dirname(__FILE__))
+      end
 
-        def self.sample_files
-          Dir.glob("#{template_site}/**/*")
-        end
-
-        def self.template_site
-          File.expand_path("../../site_template", File.dirname(__FILE__))
-        end
-
-        def self.scaffold_path
-          "_posts/0000-00-00-sample_post.markdown.erb"
-        end
+      def self.scaffold_path
+        "_posts/0000-00-00-welcome-to-jekyll.markdown.erb"
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/site_template/_posts/0000-00-00-sample_post.markdown.erb b/lib/site_template/_posts/0000-00-00-welcome-to-jekyll.markdown.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/site_template/_posts/0000-00-00-sample_post.markdown.erb
rename to lib/site_template/_posts/0000-00-00-welcome-to-jekyll.markdown.erb
diff --git a/test/test_new_command.rb b/test/test_new_command.rb
index 2532bea8..bc9e6585 100644
--- a/test/test_new_command.rb
+++ b/test/test_new_command.rb
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ class TestNewCommand < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
       capture_stdout { Jekyll::Commands::New.process(@args) }
 
-      new_site_files = dir_contents(@full_path).select do |f|
-        static_template_files.include? f
+      new_site_files = dir_contents(@full_path).reject do |f|
+        File.extname(f) == '.markdown'
       end
 
       assert_same_elements static_template_files, new_site_files