diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 6eaa206..7b6fea1 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+users-formula:
+  lookup:  # override the defauls in map.jinja
+    root_group: root
+
 users:
   _lookup:
     root_group: root
diff --git a/users/map.jinja b/users/map.jinja
index e600f52..289f966 100644
--- a/users/map.jinja
+++ b/users/map.jinja
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@
     'sudo_package': 'sudo',
     'googleauth_package': 'libpam-google-authenticator',
   },
-}, merge=salt['pillar.get']('users:_lookup')) %}
+}, merge=salt['pillar.get']('users-formula:lookup')) %}