diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster_file.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster_file.go
index 64a25e7..c57995a 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster_file.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster_file.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cluster
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -64,6 +65,19 @@ func (m *Cluster) ReadFile(name string, args ...any) ([]byte, error) {
 	return fs.ReadFile(m.dir, name)
 }
 
+// WriteStringFile writes the given content to a file on the machine's config directory
+func (m *Cluster) WriteStringFile(value string, name string, args ...any) error {
+	f, err := m.CreateTruncFile(name, args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	buf := bytes.NewBufferString(value)
+	_, err = buf.WriteTo(f)
+	return err
+}
+
 // MkdirAll creates directories relative to the cluster's config directory
 func (m *Cluster) MkdirAll(name string, args ...any) error {
 	if len(args) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/machine_file.go b/pkg/cluster/machine_file.go
index 20750a1..f4bb148 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/machine_file.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/machine_file.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package cluster
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -56,15 +55,9 @@ func (m *Machine) ReadFile(name string, args ...any) ([]byte, error) {
 
 // WriteStringFile writes the given content to a file on the machine's config directory
 func (m *Machine) WriteStringFile(value string, name string, args ...any) error {
-	f, err := m.CreateTruncFile(name, args...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
+	fullName := m.getFilename(name, args...)
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBufferString(value)
-	_, err = buf.WriteTo(f)
-	return err
+	return m.zone.zones.WriteStringFile(value, fullName)
 }
 
 // MkdirAll creates directories relative to the machine's config directory