diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index c930a2dc..fcc511f0 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class gnocchi::api (
       enable => false,
       tag    => ['gnocchi-service', 'gnocchi-db-sync-service'],
     }
-    Service <<| title == 'httpd' |>> { tag +> 'gnocchi-db-sync-service' }
+    Service <| title == 'httpd' |> { tag +> 'gnocchi-db-sync-service' }
 
     # we need to make sure gnocchi-api/eventlet is stopped before trying to start apache
     Service['gnocchi-api'] -> Service[$service_name]