diff --git a/manifests/include_file.pp b/manifests/include_file.pp
index 3b4b94e23f1c60fb6ffb85d6a4f7b77a5a0f723c..0a13fc0877b8b4e5dc8f13fe6a7a75938955baa2 100644
--- a/manifests/include_file.pp
+++ b/manifests/include_file.pp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ define apache::include_file($content=undef, $source=undef, $ensure='present')
 	    file {
 		$includefile:
 		    ensure => file,
-		    owner => 'root', group => 'root', mode => 0444,
+		    owner => 'root', group => 'root', mode => '0444',
 		    content => $content, source => $source,
 		    notify => Class[apache::service];
 	    }
diff --git a/manifests/logdir.pp b/manifests/logdir.pp
index 924d2c7e56536d32c12f9aa0e2e34739e66e96ee..f5a575a72a1f94921261e6d6fda4dcf55acd3b0f 100644
--- a/manifests/logdir.pp
+++ b/manifests/logdir.pp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * apache::base class, so users need to include it themselves.
  */
 
-class apache::logdir($owner='root', $group='root', $mode=0700)
+class apache::logdir($owner='root', $group='root', $mode='0700')
 {
     include apache