diff --git a/templates/jail.local.erb b/templates/jail.local.erb
index 02a1242..00c39b5 100644
--- a/templates/jail.local.erb
+++ b/templates/jail.local.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is managed by Puppet. DO NOT EDIT.
 [DEFAULT]
-ignoreip = <%= scope.lookupvar('fail2ban::ignoreip') %>
+ignoreip = <%= scope.lookupvar('fail2ban::ignoreip') * ' ' %>
 bantime  = <%= scope.lookupvar('fail2ban::bantime') %>
 findtime = <%= scope.lookupvar('fail2ban::findtime') %>
 maxretry = <%= scope.lookupvar('fail2ban::maxretry') %>