diff --git a/manifests/common.pp b/manifests/common.pp
index 896cefe..f29b2f3 100644
--- a/manifests/common.pp
+++ b/manifests/common.pp
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ class puppet::common ($ensure = 'present') {
     "${::puppet_vardir}/exported":
       ensure => $ens_dir;
   }
-
+  $factpath = "${::puppet_vardir}/lib/facter"
   # add facter variable to custom facts.
-  file { '/etc/profile.d/puppet.sh': content => "export FACTERLIB=\"${::factpath}\"\n",
+  file { '/etc/profile.d/puppet.sh': content => "export FACTERLIB=\"${factpath}\"\n",
   }
 }