diff --git a/wiki/manifests/init.pp b/wiki/manifests/init.pp
index 4cb24df..cef8f36 100644
--- a/wiki/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/wiki/manifests/init.pp
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ class wiki::collabbackend inherits wiki::graphingwiki::common {
 #       Defaults to conference.$wiki_collab_jabberdomain.
 #
 #   $collab_daemon:
-#       Bool for whether to use wsgi daemon mode for collab.
-#       Defaults to false.
+#       Use wsgi daemon mode if set to "true".
 #
 class wiki::collab {
 
@@ -365,7 +364,7 @@ class wiki::collab {
         content => template("wiki/collab-httpd.conf.erb"),
     }
 
-    if $collab_daemon == true {
+    if $collab_daemon == "true" {
         apache::configfile { "wsgi_collab.conf":
             http    => false,
             content => template("wiki/collab-wsgi.conf.erb"),