diff --git a/site-cookbooks/ipfs/attributes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/ipfs/attributes/default.rb
index 0e575cc..301d7c2 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/ipfs/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/ipfs/attributes/default.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ node.default['ipfs']['version'] = "0.4.9"
 node.default['ipfs']['checksum'] = "ae50c760f58548adc7c6dade4cf549059b6bc73ebc25ff4ea9fece06a15ac0a6"
 # Do not contact local network addresses. This will stop platforms like Hetzner
 # to block your server (https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/1226)
-node.default['ipfs']['config']['swarm']['addr_filter'] = '["/ip4/10.0.0.0/ipcidr/8","/ip4/100.64.0.0/ipcidr/10","/ip4/169.254.0.0/ipcidr/16","/ip4/172.16.0.0/ipcidr/12","/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/24","/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/29","/ip4/192.0.0.8/ipcidr/32","/ip4/192.0.0.170/ipcidr/32","/ip4/192.0.0.171/ipcidr/32","/ip4/192.0.2.0/ipcidr/24","/ip4/192.168.0.0/ipcidr/16","/ip4/198.18.0.0/ipcidr/15","/ip4/198.51.100.0/ipcidr/24","/ip4/203.0.113.0/ipcidr/24","/ip4/240.0.0.0/ipcidr/4"]'
+node.default['ipfs']['config']['swarm']['addr_filter'] = ["/ip4/10.0.0.0/ipcidr/8", "/ip4/100.64.0.0/ipcidr/10", "/ip4/169.254.0.0/ipcidr/16", "/ip4/172.16.0.0/ipcidr/12", "/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/24", "/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/29", "/ip4/192.0.0.8/ipcidr/32", "/ip4/192.0.0.170/ipcidr/32", "/ip4/192.0.0.171/ipcidr/32", "/ip4/192.0.2.0/ipcidr/24", "/ip4/192.168.0.0/ipcidr/16", "/ip4/198.18.0.0/ipcidr/15", "/ip4/198.51.100.0/ipcidr/24", "/ip4/203.0.113.0/ipcidr/24", "/ip4/240.0.0.0/ipcidr/4"]
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/ipfs/resources/config.rb b/site-cookbooks/ipfs/resources/config.rb
index 70e7997..1bdc74c 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/ipfs/resources/config.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/ipfs/resources/config.rb
@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
+require 'json'
+require 'mixlib/shellout'
+
 property :key, String, name_property: true
 property :value, [String, Hash, Array, TrueClass, FalseClass], required: true
 
-load_current_value do
-  # some Ruby
-end
-
 action :create do
   include_recipe "ipfs"
 
-  execute "ipfs config --json #{key} '#{value}'" do
+  execute "ipfs config --json #{key} '#{JSON.generate(value)}'" do
     environment "IPFS_PATH" => "/home/ipfs/.ipfs"
     user "ipfs"
     not_if do
-      require 'json'
-      require 'mixlib/shellout'
       cmd = Mixlib::ShellOut.new("ipfs", "config", key,
                                  user: 'ipfs',
                                  env: { "IPFS_PATH" => "/home/ipfs/.ipfs" })
       cmd.run_command
       begin
-        JSON.parse(cmd.stdout) == JSON.parse(value)
+        JSON.parse(cmd.stdout) == JSON.parse(JSON.generate(value))
       rescue JSON::ParserError
         cmd.stdout.include?("#{value}")
       end
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/recipes/default.rb
index 7d96e60..23480d7 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/recipes/default.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # All rights reserved - Do Not Redistribute
 #
 
+require 'json'
 include_recipe "ipfs"
 
 # Configure ipfs
@@ -18,18 +19,18 @@ end
 
 # Set up the Gateway to be writable
 ipfs_config "Gateway.Writable" do
-  value "true"
+  value true
 end
 
 # Set up CORS headers
 ipfs_config "API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Credentials" do
-  value '["true"]'
+  value ["true"]
 end
 ipfs_config "API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Methods" do
-  value '["PUT","GET","POST"]'
+  value ["PUT", "GET", "POST"]
 end
 ipfs_config "API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin" do
-  value '["*"]'
+  value ["*"]
 end
 
 include_recipe "kosmos-ipfs::letsencrypt"