diff --git a/lib/puppet/rails/resource.rb b/lib/puppet/rails/resource.rb
index 7cf6f6852..68a784d9d 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/rails/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/rails/resource.rb
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 require 'puppet'
 require 'puppet/rails/lib/init'
 require 'puppet/rails/param_name'
 
 class Puppet::Rails::Resource < ActiveRecord::Base
     has_many :param_values, :through => :param_names
     has_many :param_names
     has_many :source_files
     belongs_to :hosts
 
     acts_as_taggable
 
     Puppet::Type.loadall
     Puppet::Type.eachtype do |type|
         klass = Class.new(Puppet::Rails::Resource)
         Object.const_set("Puppet%s" % type.name.to_s.capitalize, klass)
     end
 
     def parameters
         hash = {}
         self.param_values.find(:all).each do |pvalue|
             pname = self.param_names.find(:first)
-            hash.store(pname.name.to_sym, pvalue.value)
+            hash.store(pname.name, pvalue.value)
         end
         return hash
     end
 
     # Convert our object to a resource.  Do not retain whether the object
     # is collectable, though, since that would cause it to get stripped
     # from the configuration.
     def to_resource(scope)
         hash = self.attributes
         hash.delete("type")
         hash.delete("host_id")
         hash.delete("source_file_id")
         hash.delete("id")
         hash.each do |p, v|
             hash.delete(p) if v.nil?
         end
         hash[:type] = self.class.to_s.gsub(/Puppet/,'').downcase
         hash[:scope] = scope
         hash[:source] = scope.source
         obj = Puppet::Parser::Resource.new(hash)
         self.param_names.each do |pname|
             obj.set(pname.to_resourceparam(scope.source))
         end
 
         return obj
     end
 end