diff --git a/cmd/bundle/init.go b/cmd/bundle/init.go
index 973c709e4..2cc2ffbed 100644
--- a/cmd/bundle/init.go
+++ b/cmd/bundle/init.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package bundle
 
 import (
+	"path/filepath"
+
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/template"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -11,13 +13,19 @@ var initCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  `Initialize template`,
 	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		// initialize default value for config file path
+		if configFile == "" {
+			configFile = filepath.Join(targetDir, template.ConfigFileName)
+		}
 		return template.Materialize(args[0], targetDir)
 	},
 }
 
 var targetDir string
+var configFile string
 
 func init() {
 	initCmd.Flags().StringVar(&targetDir, "target-dir", ".", "path to directory template will be initialized in")
+	initCmd.Flags().StringVar(&configFile, "config-file", "", "path to config to use for template initialization")
 	AddCommand(initCmd)
 }
diff --git a/libs/template/materialize.go b/libs/template/materialize.go
index 8501616c0..57963d126 100644
--- a/libs/template/materialize.go
+++ b/libs/template/materialize.go
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 package template
 
-import "path/filepath"
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+)
 
 const ConfigFileName = "config.json"
-const SchemaFileName = "schema.json"
-const TemplateDirName = "template"
+const schemaFileName = "schema.json"
+const templateDirName = "template"
 
 func Materialize(templatePath, instancePath string) error {
 	// read the file containing schema for template input parameters
-	schema, err := ReadSchema(filepath.Join(templatePath, SchemaFileName))
+	schema, err := ReadSchema(filepath.Join(templatePath, schemaFileName))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -20,5 +22,5 @@ func Materialize(templatePath, instancePath string) error {
 	}
 
 	// materialize the template
-	return WalkFileTree(config, filepath.Join(templatePath, TemplateDirName), instancePath)
+	return WalkFileTree(config, filepath.Join(templatePath, templateDirName), instancePath)
 }