diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index fb1e54c5d..3f0b41747 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
   $ssl_stapling                   = 'off',
   $types_hash_bucket_size         = '512',
   $types_hash_max_size            = '1024',
-  $worker_connections             = '1024',
+  $worker_connections             = 1024,
   $worker_processes               = '1',
   $worker_rlimit_nofile           = 1024,
   $ssl_protocols                  = 'TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2',