diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index 7d162fcb..8291d9ae 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency('sequel', "~> 3.42")
   s.add_development_dependency('htmlentities', "~> 4.3")
   s.add_development_dependency('hpricot', "~> 0.8")
-  
+
   # = MANIFEST =
   s.files = %w[
     .travis.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     lib/jekyll/command.rb
     lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb
     lib/jekyll/commands/migrate.rb
+    lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
     lib/jekyll/commands/serve.rb
     lib/jekyll/converter.rb
     lib/jekyll/converters/identity.rb
@@ -112,7 +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/.gitkeep
+    lib/site_template/_posts/0000-00-00-sample_post.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 c87aebcb..dc71545f 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ require 'erb'
 module Jekyll
   module Commands
     class New < Command
-    
+
       def self.process(args)
-        path = File.expand_path(args.join(" "), Dir.pwd)
-        template_site = File.expand_path("../../site_template", File.dirname(__FILE__))
-        FileUtils.mkdir_p path
-        sample_files = Dir["#{template_site}/**/*"].reject {|f| File.extname(f) == ".erb"}
-        FileUtils.cp_r sample_files, path
-        File.open(File.expand_path(self.initialized_post_name, path), "w") do |f|
+        new_blog_path = File.expand_path(args.join(" "), Dir.pwd)
+        FileUtils.mkdir_p 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))
         end
-        puts "New jekyll site installed in #{path}."
+        puts "New jekyll site installed in #{new_blog_path}."
       end
 
       def self.scaffold_post_content(template_site)
-        ERB.new(File.read(File.expand_path("_posts/0000-00-00-sample_post.markdown.erb", template_site))).result
+        ERB.new(File.read(File.expand_path(scaffold_path, template_site))).result
       end
 
       # Internal: Gets the filename of the sample post to be created
@@ -26,6 +26,25 @@ module Jekyll
       def self.initialized_post_name
         "_posts/#{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}-welcome-to-jekyll.markdown"
       end
+
+      private
+
+        def self.create_sample_files!(path)
+          FileUtils.cp_r sample_files, path
+          FileUtils.rm File.expand_path(scaffold_path, path)
+        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
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/site_template/_posts/.gitkeep b/lib/site_template/_posts/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000