diff --git a/templates/default/gitlab.init.erb b/templates/default/gitlab.init.erb
index 4dfdca9..0689f9f 100644
--- a/templates/default/gitlab.init.erb
+++ b/templates/default/gitlab.init.erb
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 
-APP_ROOT="@gitlab_app_home"
-APP_USER="@user"
+APP_ROOT="<%= @gitlab_app_home %>"
+APP_USER="<%= @user %>"
 DAEMON_OPTS="-C $APP_ROOT/config/puma.rb"
 PID_PATH="$APP_ROOT/tmp/pids"
 SOCKET_PATH="$APP_ROOT/tmp/sockets"