diff --git a/manifests/monitoring/fail2ban.pp b/manifests/monitoring/fail2ban.pp
index b7e28c4..41b5a2e 100644
--- a/manifests/monitoring/fail2ban.pp
+++ b/manifests/monitoring/fail2ban.pp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class confdroid_nagios::monitoring::fail2ban (
     # create the jail file
     file { $fn_jail_file:
       ensure   => file,
-      user     => 'root',
+      owner    => 'root',
       group    => 'root',
       mode     => '0644',
       selrange => s0,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class confdroid_nagios::monitoring::fail2ban (
     # create the filter rule
     file { $fn_filter_file:
       ensure   => file,
-      user     => 'root',
+      owner    => 'root',
       group    => 'root',
       mode     => '0644',
       selrange => s0,