diff --git a/hadoop/site.pp.tmpl b/hadoop/site.pp.tmpl
index 32823dd34be881a1a473178c31aed3bf4efcd588..fa08df62bcefaadd764c6c86b5d12532277cbcf0 100644
--- a/hadoop/site.pp.tmpl
+++ b/hadoop/site.pp.tmpl
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class{'site_hadoop':
   distribution        => $$distribution,
   version             => $$version,
   users               => [
-    '${image_user}',
+    'hawking',
     'example',
   ],
   accounting_enable   => false,