diff --git a/template/flake.nix b/template/flake.nix
index 80eaa0997ce96a488c44221c59781f8481c7aeea..435bab04827e3b746ddcdc3f6300b9fb2ed73aba 100644
--- a/template/flake.nix
+++ b/template/flake.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@         pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
       in {
         devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
           nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-            {{- range $pkg := (splitList "\n" packages)}}
+            {{- range $pkg := (splitList "," packages)}}
             {{trim $pkg}}
             {{- end}}
           ];
diff --git a/tmpl.yaml b/tmpl.yaml
index 965a5d67c1e67a7ee436a6acdd88cc8976b2fd9a..153d2c981a60de3c916ee538183551876ae33b4d 100644
--- a/tmpl.yaml
+++ b/tmpl.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 prompts:
   - id: unstable
     label: Use unstable
-    type: confirm
+    help: Blank for stable, non-blank for unstable
   - id: packages
     label: Packages
-    help: nixpkgs, one on each line
-    type: multi
+    help: nixpkgs delimited by comma