diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index c8c49b1..3397b0b 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #you access key and secret. 
 node[:s3cmd][:users].each do |user| 
   
-  home = user == :root ? "/root" : "/home/#{user}"
+  home = user.to_s == :root.to_s ? "/root" : "/home/#{user}"
   
   template "s3cfg" do
       path "#{home}/.s3cfg"