diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/glance/attributes/default.rb b/chef/cookbooks/glance/attributes/default.rb
index cc2be55..4f8fdb2 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/glance/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/glance/attributes/default.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 default[:glance][:tty_linux_image] = "http://c3226372.r72.cf0.rackcdn.com/tty_linux.tar.gz"
 
 # declare what needs to be monitored
-node[:glance][:monitor]={}
-node[:glance][:monitor][:svcs] = []
-node[:glance][:monitor][:ports]={}
+node.set[:glance][:monitor]={}
+node.set[:glance][:monitor][:svcs] = []
+node.set[:glance][:monitor][:ports]={}