diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ba8a093c990d0..a5b531bf06b76
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -131,14 +131,9 @@ config:
 	@echo "generating default config $(GOOS)"
 	# go run ./cmd/telegraf config > etc/telegraf.conf
 
-	rm -rf etc/telegraf.conf
-	cp -rf etc/telegraf_linux.conf etc/telegraf.conf
-	# cp -rf etc/telegraf_windows.conf etc/telegraf.conf
-
-	# @if [ $(GOOS) = "windows" ]; then \
-	# 	rm -rf etc/telegraf.conf \
-	# 	cp -rf etc/telegraf_windows.conf etc/telegraf.conf; \
-	# fi
+	@if [ $(GOOS) != "windows" ]; then cp -rf etc/telegraf_linux.conf etc/telegraf.conf; fi
+	@if [ $(GOOS) = "windows" ]; then cp -rf etc/telegraf_windows.conf etc/telegraf.conf; fi
+
 
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