diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07d97b6..1cede1c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ Query all current internal users: '$puppet resource qdr_user'
 
 ```puppet
 qdr_user { 'anyUser' :
-  file     => '/var/lib/qdrouterd/qdrouterd.sasldb',
   password => 'changeme',
 }
 ```
diff --git a/examples/site.pp b/examples/site.pp
index 1c4f41f..c40b178 100644
--- a/examples/site.pp
+++ b/examples/site.pp
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ node default {
 #  qdr_user { 'SaslUser' :
 #    ensure           => present,
 #    password         => 'testpw',
-#    file             => '/var/lib/qdrouterd/qdrouterd.sasldb',  
 #  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/qdr_user/sasl.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/qdr_user/sasl.rb
index e75b95c..dc1bcce 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/qdr_user/sasl.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/qdr_user/sasl.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:qdr_user).provide(:sasl) do
   commands :saslpasswd2 => 'saslpasswd2'
   optional_commands :sasldblistusers2 => 'sasldblistusers2'
 
-  #sasldb should be a config param
-  
   def self.instances
     users = []
-    #TODO (ansmith) - why did first and last get discarded by dp? 
     userlist=sasldblistusers2('-f', '/var/lib/qdrouterd/qdrouterd.sasldb').split(/\n/).each do |line|
       if line =~ /^(\S+)@(\S+):.*$/
         users << new(:name   => $1,
@@ -22,7 +19,8 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:qdr_user).provide(:sasl) do
 
   def create
     # is there a way to pipe to commands?
-    if not system(%{echo "#{resource[:password]}" | saslpasswd2 -f #{resource[:file]} #{resource[:name]}})
+    if not system(%{echo "#{resource[:password]}" | saslpasswd2 -f '/var/lib/qdrouterd/qdrouterd.sasldb' #{resource[:name]}})
+
       raise Puppet::Error, "Failed to create user"
     end
   end
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:qdr_user).provide(:sasl) do
 
   def exists?
     begin
-      users = sasldblistusers2('-f', '/var/lib/qdrouterd/qdrouterd.sasldb').split(/\n/).detect do |user|
+      users = sasldblistusers2('-f', "/var/lib/qdrouterd/qdrouterd.sasldb").split(/\n/).detect do |user|
         user.match(/^#{resource[:name]}@.*$/)
       end
     rescue
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/qdr_user.rb b/lib/puppet/type/qdr_user.rb
index d98f38e..3a0e1c1 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/qdr_user.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/qdr_user.rb
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:qdr_user) do
     newvalues(/^\S+$/)
   end
 
-  newparam(:file) do
-    desc "The location of the sasl password file"
-    newvalues(/^\S+$/)
-  end
-
   newparam(:password) do
     desc "The user password to be set on creation"
   end