diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 629c59d..cd5bdd5 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 license           'Apache 2.0'
 description       'Installs and configures Nagios NRPE client'
 long_description  IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version           '1.5.3'
+version           '1.5.4'
 
 recipe 'default', 'Installs and configures a nrpe client'
 %w(build-essential yum-epel).each do |cb|
diff --git a/recipes/configure.rb b/recipes/configure.rb
index 9fcc8c1..0c51291 100644
--- a/recipes/configure.rb
+++ b/recipes/configure.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@
 ruby_block 'updating of the list of checks' do
   block do
     checks = run_context.resource_collection.select { |r| r.is_a?(Chef::Resource::NrpeCheck) && r.action == [:add] }.map(&:command_name)
-    node.set['nrpe']['checks'] = checks
+    node.default['nrpe']['checks'] = checks
   end
 end