diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 7cb8397..7527629 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class dashboard::params {
   $dashboard_environment = 'production'
   $dashboard_site        = "${fqdn}"
   $dashboard_port        = '8080'
-  $passenger             = 'false'
+  $passenger             = false
   $mysql_root_pw         = 'changemetoo'
   $rails_base_uri        = '/'