diff --git a/lib/generators/active_fedora/config/fedora/templates/.fcrepo_wrapper b/lib/generators/active_fedora/config/fedora/templates/.fcrepo_wrapper
index d2276ce7d..b4d2f0b58 100644
--- a/lib/generators/active_fedora/config/fedora/templates/.fcrepo_wrapper
+++ b/lib/generators/active_fedora/config/fedora/templates/.fcrepo_wrapper
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # Place any default configuration for solr_wrapper here
 port: 8984
 enable_jms: false
+fcrepo_home_dir: tmp/fcrepo4-development-data
diff --git a/lib/generators/active_fedora/config/solr/templates/.solr_wrapper b/lib/generators/active_fedora/config/solr/templates/.solr_wrapper
index b2ef59bad..d4186ed65 100644
--- a/lib/generators/active_fedora/config/solr/templates/.solr_wrapper
+++ b/lib/generators/active_fedora/config/solr/templates/.solr_wrapper
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Place any default configuration for solr_wrapper here
+# version: 6.0.0
 # port: 8983
+instance_dir: tmp/solr-development
 collection:
+  persist: true
   dir: solr/config/
   name: hydra-development