diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index f46fb97..2012b4e 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ default[:postfix][:smtp_tls_cafile] = "/etc/postfix/cacert.pem"
 default[:postfix][:smtp_use_tls]    = "yes"
 default[:postfix][:smtp_sasl_user_name] = ""
 default[:postfix][:smtp_sasl_passwd]    = ""
+
+default[:postfix][:aliases] = {}
diff --git a/templates/ubuntu-10.04/aliases.erb b/templates/ubuntu-10.04/aliases.erb
index 658db32..0e10c91 100644
--- a/templates/ubuntu-10.04/aliases.erb
+++ b/templates/ubuntu-10.04/aliases.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # See man 5 aliases for format
 postmaster:    root
 
-<% @node[:postfix][:aliases].each do |name, value| %>
+<% node[:postfix][:aliases].each do |name, value| %>
 <%= name %>:  "<%= value %>"
-<% end unless @node[:postfix][:aliases].nil? %>
+<% end unless node[:postfix][:aliases].nil? %>