diff --git a/manifests/compute.pp b/manifests/compute.pp
index 9ab4401..395612f 100644
--- a/manifests/compute.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute.pp
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ class openstack::compute (
     if $multi_host {
       include keystone::python
       nova_config {
-        'DEFAULT/multi_host':      value => 'True';
-        'DEFAULT/send_arp_for_ha': value => 'True';
+        'DEFAULT/multi_host':      value => true;
+        'DEFAULT/send_arp_for_ha': value => true;
       }
       if ! $public_interface {
         fail('public_interface must be defined for multi host compute nodes')
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ class openstack::compute (
     } else {
       $enable_network_service = false
       nova_config {
-        'DEFAULT/multi_host':      value => 'False';
-        'DEFAULT/send_arp_for_ha': value => 'False';
+        'DEFAULT/multi_host':      value => false;
+        'DEFAULT/send_arp_for_ha': value => false;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/openstack_compute_spec.rb b/spec/classes/openstack_compute_spec.rb
index fb2ef6b..325a876 100644
--- a/spec/classes/openstack_compute_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/openstack_compute_spec.rb
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ describe 'openstack::compute' do
         :libvirt_type     => 'kvm',
         :vncserver_listen => '127.0.0.2'
       )
-      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/multi_host').with( :value => 'False' )
-      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/send_arp_for_ha').with( :value => 'False' )
+      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/multi_host').with( :value => false )
+      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/send_arp_for_ha').with( :value => false )
       should_not contain_class('nova::api')
       should contain_class('nova::network').with({
         :enabled           => false,
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ describe 'openstack::compute' do
         :libvirt_type     => 'qemu',
         :vncserver_listen => '127.0.0.1'
       )
-      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/multi_host').with( :value => 'False' )
-      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/send_arp_for_ha').with( :value => 'False' )
+      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/multi_host').with( :value => false )
+      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/send_arp_for_ha').with( :value => false )
       should_not contain_class('nova::api')
       should contain_class('nova::network').with({
         :enabled           => false,
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ describe 'openstack::compute' do
 
       it 'should configure nova for multi-host' do
         #should contain_class('keystone::python')
-        should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/multi_host').with(:value => 'True')
-        should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/send_arp_for_ha').with( :value => 'True')
+        should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/multi_host').with(:value => true)
+        should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/send_arp_for_ha').with( :value => true)
         should contain_class('nova::network').with({
           'enabled' => true,
           'install_service' => true
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ describe 'openstack::compute' do
     end
 
     it {
-      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/multi_host').with({ 'value' => 'True'})
+      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/multi_host').with({ 'value' => true})
       should contain_class('nova::api')
       should contain_class('nova::network').with({
         'enabled' => true,