diff --git a/ee/cli/plugins/site.py b/ee/cli/plugins/site.py
index 49197307..e51efa46 100644
--- a/ee/cli/plugins/site.py
+++ b/ee/cli/plugins/site.py
@@ -445,13 +445,16 @@ class EESiteCreateController(CementBaseController):
 
         if stype in ['html', 'php' ] or self.app.pargs.php7:
             data = dict(site_name=ee_domain, www_domain=ee_www_domain,
-                        static=True,  basic=False, wp=False, w3tc=False,
+                        static=True,  basic=False, php7=False, wp=False, w3tc=False,
                         wpfc=False, wpsc=False, multisite=False,
                         wpsubdir=False, webroot=ee_site_webroot)
 
-            if stype == 'php' or self.app.pargs.php7:
+            if stype == 'php':
                 data['static'] = False
                 data['basic'] = True
+            if  self.app.pargs.php7:
+                data['static'] = False
+                data['php7'] = True
 
         elif stype in ['mysql', 'wp', 'wpsubdir', 'wpsubdomain']: