diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index af6b306..1c63e25 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     path          => $log_path,
     rotate_every  => 'weekly',
     missingok     => true,
-    rotate        => 4,
+    rotate        => '4',
     compress      => true,
     delaycompress => true,
     copytruncate  => true,