diff --git a/dhall-kubernetes-generator/src/Dhall/Kubernetes/Convert.hs b/dhall-kubernetes-generator/src/Dhall/Kubernetes/Convert.hs
index daae9d73..afd3d768 100644
--- a/dhall-kubernetes-generator/src/Dhall/Kubernetes/Convert.hs
+++ b/dhall-kubernetes-generator/src/Dhall/Kubernetes/Convert.hs
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ toDefault definitions types modelName = go
       (Dhall.App Dhall.List _) -> Nothing
       -- Simple types should not have a default
       (Dhall.Text) -> Nothing
+      -- Set lists to empty
+      (Dhall.App Dhall.List typ) -> Just $ Dhall.ListLit (Just $ adjustImport typ) mempty
       -- But most of the times we are dealing with a record.
       -- Here we transform the record type in a value, transforming the keys in this way:
       -- * take the BaseData from definition and populate it
@@ -228,6 +230,13 @@ toDefault definitions types modelName = go
       = Dhall.Embed $ mkImport ["types", ".."] (file <> ".dhall")
     adjustImport other = other
 
+    -- | The imports that we get from the types are referring to the local folder,
+    --   but if we want to refer them from the defaults we need to adjust the path
+    adjustImport :: Expr -> Expr
+    adjustImport (Dhall.Embed imp) | Just file <- namespacedObjectFromImport imp
+      = Dhall.Embed $ mkImport ["types", ".."] (file <> ".dhall")
+    adjustImport other = other
+
 
 -- | Get a Dhall.Map filled with imports, for creating giant Records or Unions of types or defaults
 getImportsMap