diff --git a/manifests/eyaml.pp b/manifests/eyaml.pp
index 5aa82f3..9adeeac 100644
--- a/manifests/eyaml.pp
+++ b/manifests/eyaml.pp
@@ -100,23 +100,25 @@
     ensure => directory,
   }
 
+  $keysdir = dirname($_keysdir)
+
   if ( $create_keys == true ) {
     exec { 'createkeys':
       user    => $owner,
-      cwd     => $confdir,
+      cwd     => $keysdir,
       command => 'eyaml createkeys',
       path    => $cmdpath,
-      creates => "${confdir}/keys/private_key.pkcs7.pem",
-      require => [ $hiera_package_depedencies, File["${confdir}/keys"] ],
+      creates => "${_keysdir}/private_key.pkcs7.pem",
+      require => [ $hiera_package_depedencies, File[$_keysdir] ],
     }
 
-    file { "${confdir}/keys/private_key.pkcs7.pem":
+    file { "${_keysdir}/private_key.pkcs7.pem":
       ensure  => file,
       mode    => '0600',
       require => Exec['createkeys'],
     }
 
-    file { "${confdir}/keys/public_key.pkcs7.pem":
+    file { "${_keysdir}/public_key.pkcs7.pem":
       ensure  => file,
       mode    => '0644',
       require => Exec['createkeys'],