diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/maven/mvn.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/maven/mvn.rb
index b7fa902..e04d348 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/maven/mvn.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/maven/mvn.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ def inlocalrepo? tempfile
   end
 
   def create(value)
+    debug "create #{name}"
     download name, value == :latest
   end
 
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ def download(dest, latest, offline = false)
 
     begin
       Timeout::timeout(timeout) do
+        debug command
         output = Puppet::Util::Execution.execute(command, {:uid => user, :gid => group})
 
         debug output if output.exitstatus == 0
@@ -168,11 +170,14 @@ def outdated?
       download tempfile.path, true
       !FileUtils.compare_file @resource[:name], tempfile.path
     else
-      if inlocalrepo? tempfile.path
-        !FileUtils.compare_file @resource[:name], tempfile.path
+      localpath = "/root/.m2/repository/#{groupid.nil? ? '' : groupid.gsub('.', '/') + '/'}#{artifactid}/#{version}/#{artifactid}-#{version}#{classifier.nil? || classifier == '' ? '' : '-' + classifier}.#{packaging.nil? ? 'jar' : packaging}"
+      debug "Path to localrepo #{localpath}"
+      if File.exists? localpath
+        !FileUtils.compare_file @resource[:name], localpath
       else
         true
       end
     end
   end
+
 end
diff --git a/manifests/settings.pp b/manifests/settings.pp
index 95c16e7..26fb025 100644
--- a/manifests/settings.pp
+++ b/manifests/settings.pp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 # },...]
 define maven::settings( $home = undef, $user = 'root',
   $servers = [], $mirrors = [], $default_repo_config = undef, $repos = [],
-  $properties = {}, $local_repo = '', $proxies=[]) {
+  $properties = {}, $local_repo = '', $proxies=[], $repo_mode = '0700') {
 
   if $home == undef {
     $home_real = $user ? {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   file { "${home_real}/.m2":
     ensure => directory,
     owner  => $user,
-    mode   => '0700',
+    mode   => $repo_mode,
   } ->
   file { "${home_real}/.m2/settings.xml":
     owner   => $user,