diff --git a/.gemfile b/.gemfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 9aad840..0000000
--- a/.gemfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-source :rubygems
-
-puppetversion = ENV.key?('PUPPET_VERSION') ? "= #{ENV['PUPPET_VERSION']}" : ['>= 2.7']
-gem 'puppet', puppetversion
-gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper', '>= 0.1.0'
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2907100..06c5b88 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 metadata.json
 pkg/
+Gemfile.lock
+.rspec
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97475e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper'
+gem 'puppet'
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 9157db1..f6678b5 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ providing defines to easily grab data via rsync.
 get files via rsync
 
 ## Parameters: ##
-    $source  - source to copy from
-    $path    - path to copy to, defaults to $name
-    $user    - username on remote system
-    $purge   - if set, rsync will use '--delete'
-    $exlude  - string to be excluded
-    $keyfile - ssh key used to connect to remote host
-    $timeout - timeout in seconds, defaults to 900
+    $source   - source to copy from
+    $path     - path to copy to, defaults to $name
+    $user     - username on remote system
+    $purge    - if set, rsync will use '--delete'
+    $exlude   - string to be excluded
+    $keyfile  - ssh key used to connect to remote host
+    $timeout  - timeout in seconds, defaults to 900
+    $execuser - user to run the command (passed to exec)
 
 ## Actions: ##
   get files via rsync
diff --git a/manifests/get.pp b/manifests/get.pp
index 1f3ff28..39766e4 100644
--- a/manifests/get.pp
+++ b/manifests/get.pp
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
   $purge = undef,
   $exclude = undef,
   $keyfile = undef,
-  $timeout = '900'
+  $timeout = '900',
+  $execuser = 'root',
 ) {
 
   if $keyfile {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
   exec { "rsync ${name}":
     command => "rsync -q ${rsync_options}",
     path    => [ '/bin', '/usr/bin' ],
+    user => $execuser,
     # perform a dry-run to determine if anything needs to be updated
     # this ensures that we only actually create a Puppet event if something needs to
     # be updated
diff --git a/spec/defines/get_spec.rb b/spec/defines/get_spec.rb
index 6e9681d..0137df1 100644
--- a/spec/defines/get_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/get_spec.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,20 @@
       should contain_exec("rsync foobar").with({
         'command' => 'rsync -q -a   example.com foobar',
         'onlyif'  => "test `rsync --dry-run --itemize-changes -a   example.com foobar | wc -l` -gt 0",
-        'timeout' => '900'
+        'timeout' => '900',
+        'user'    => 'root'
       })
     }
   end
 
+  describe "when setting the execuser" do
+    let :params do
+      common_params.merge( { :execuser => 'username' } )
+    end
+
+    it{ should contain_exec("rsync foobar").with({ 'user' => 'username' }) }
+  end
+
   describe "when setting the timeout" do
     let :params do
       common_params.merge( { :timeout => '200' } )
diff --git a/spec/defines/server_module_spec.rb b/spec/defines/server_module_spec.rb
index 6df8054..ae2b23f 100644
--- a/spec/defines/server_module_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/server_module_spec.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
       let :params do
         mandatory_params.merge({ k => v })
       end
-      it { should contain_file(fragment_file).with_content(/^#{k.to_s.gsub('_', ' ')}\s*=\s*#{v.to_a.join(' ')}$/)}
+      it { should contain_file(fragment_file).with_content(/^#{k.to_s.gsub('_', ' ')}\s*=\s*#{Array(v).join(' ')}$/)}
     end
   end