diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index 20b79ea..411b7af 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require gcc
 Exec {
   group       => 'staff',
   logoutput   => on_failure,
-  user        => $luser,
+  user        => $boxen_user,
 
   path => [
     "${boxen::config::home}/rbenv/shims",
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ Exec {
 
   environment => [
     "HOMEBREW_CACHE=${homebrew::config::cachedir}",
-    "HOME=/Users/${::luser}"
+    "HOME=/Users/${::boxen_user}"
   ]
 }
 
 File {
   group => 'staff',
-  owner => $luser
+  owner => $boxen_user
 }
 
 Package {
diff --git a/modules/people/README.md b/modules/people/README.md
index 4afcedf..f1a0c6e 100644
--- a/modules/people/README.md
+++ b/modules/people/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class people::jbarnette {
   include emacs   # requires emacs module in Puppetfile
   include sparrow # requires sparrow module in Puppetfile
 
-  $home     = "/Users/${::luser}"
+  $home     = "/Users/${::boxen_user}"
   $my       = "${home}/my"
   $dotfiles = "${my}/dotfiles"