diff --git a/manifests/common.pp b/manifests/common.pp
index e9eff71..cd7a8e7 100644
--- a/manifests/common.pp
+++ b/manifests/common.pp
@@ -5,10 +5,22 @@ class puppet::common ($ensure = 'present') {
       default   => $ensure,
     }
   }
+  $facts_d = '/etc/facter/facts.d'
+  File['/etc/facter'] -> File[$facts_d]
+
+  file { ['/etc/facter', $facts_d]:
+    ensure => $ensure ? {
+      'present' => 'directory',
+      default   => $ensure,
+    },
+    mode   => 0755,
+    owner  => root,
+    group  => root,
+  }
 
   # add facter variable to custom facts.
   file { "/etc/profile.d/puppet.sh":
     content => "export FACTERLIB=\"${factpath}\"\n",
-    ensure  => $ensure,
+    ensure  => 'absent',
   }
 }