diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 83e8d67183e358cbdf9c5aed08b79ffaf67f8ae2..aeb119753606a1f2c125e3b6d61c1d3116a27687 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class apache::service
 {
     service {
 	'httpd':
-	    enable => true, ensure => $running,
+	    enable => true, ensure => running,
 	    hasstatus => true, hasrestart => true;
     }
 }