diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index f16d72cfe2332a2a37a8fa12001353f9b269c262..57886d66ec5a657ad54099e6333e82286021ef0c 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class aes {
 
   # File to easily see when Puppet was last executed.
   # Ideally, we would like to know if it is devel or production as well.
-  exec { 'touch /var/last_puppet_run' : 
+  exec { '/usr/bin/touch /var/last_puppet_run' : 
     cwd => "/var",
     creates => "/var/last_puppet_run",
     user => root,