diff --git a/nginx-app/recipes/vagrant.rb b/nginx-app/recipes/vagrant.rb
index e41bcd88d..ff8371ba5 100644
--- a/nginx-app/recipes/vagrant.rb
+++ b/nginx-app/recipes/vagrant.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 if !node[:deploy]
-  node[:deploy] = {}
-  node[:deploy][:deploy_to] = '/var/www/citationalysis'
+  raise Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError, "node[:deploy] needs to be set."
 end
 
 if !node[:docroot]