diff --git a/manifests/virtual_users.pp b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
index 5e2e07fd69788cc4669138c7aafdd7d664b9818e..80b55948aefa9db5806ada3de15df2b7e6871710 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
@@ -4089,7 +4089,7 @@ class users::virtual_users
   # 20130307 - Added new cheaha user bfeltman for Spring 2013 ME 464/564 - https://trac.uabgrid.uab.edu/atlab/ticket/572
   # 20140925 - Added new cheaha user bfeltman - https://trac.uabgrid.uab.edu/atlab/ticket/840
   @user { "bfeltman":
-    ensure     => "absent",
+    ensure     => "present",
     uid        => "10380",
     gid        => "me",
     comment    => "Blake A Feltman, bfeltman@uab.edu, ME, Dean Leo Sicking (dsicking@uab.edu)",