diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aae38a5..b39e06f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ This will create system init scripts for managing logstash instance.   It will t
 
 see [resources/service.rb](resources/service.rb)
 
-_experimental support for pleaserun has been added.   Only `native` for `Ubuntu 12.04` has been thoroughly tested._
+_experimental support for pleaserun has been added.   Only `native` for `Ubuntu 16.04` has been thoroughly tested._
 
 ## logstash_config
 
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 12a5116..930c682 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
 depends 'curl'
 depends 'beaver'
 
-chef_version '>= 13.0' if respond_to?(:chef_version)
+chef_version '>= 12.18' if respond_to?(:chef_version)
 issues_url       'https://github.com/lusis/chef-logstash/issues'
 source_url       'https://github.com/lusis/chef-logstash'
diff --git a/providers/instance.rb b/providers/instance.rb
index 2d352f1..2b79c29 100644
--- a/providers/instance.rb
+++ b/providers/instance.rb
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ def load_current_resource
       mode '0755'
       owner ls[:user]
       group ls[:group]
+      recursive true
     end
     new_resource.updated_by_last_action(idr.updated_by_last_action?)
 
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ def load_current_resource
     er = execute 'build-logstash' do
       cwd "#{ls[:instance_dir]}/source"
       environment(JAVA_HOME: @java_home)
-      user ls_user # Changed from root cause building as root...WHA?
+      user ls[:user] # Changed from root cause building as root...WHA?
       command "make clean && make VERSION=#{source_version} jar"
       action :run
       creates "#{ls[:instance_dir]}/source/build/logstash-#{source_version}--monolithic.jar"
diff --git a/providers/service.rb b/providers/service.rb
index 77cc41a..e83fbfe 100644
--- a/providers/service.rb
+++ b/providers/service.rb
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def load_current_resource
 
 def default_args
   svc = svc_vars
-  args = ['agent', '-f', "#{svc[:home]}/etc/conf.d/"]
+  args = ['-f', "#{svc[:home]}/etc/conf.d/"]
   args.concat ['-vv'] if svc[:debug]
   args.concat ['-l', svc[:log_file]] if svc[:log_file]
   args.concat ['-w', svc[:workers].to_s] if svc[:workers]
diff --git a/test/unit/spec/spec_helper.rb b/test/unit/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 875f3fb..ea73e04 100644
--- a/test/unit/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/test/unit/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 ::UBUNTU_OPTS = {
   platform:  'ubuntu',
-  version:   '12.04',
+  version:   '16.04',
   log_level: ::LOG_LEVEL
 }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/spec/util_spec.rb b/test/unit/spec/util_spec.rb
index 0107345..9ae0408 100644
--- a/test/unit/spec/util_spec.rb
+++ b/test/unit/spec/util_spec.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 describe '::determine_platform_major_version' do
   context 'with ubuntu' do
-    let(:node) { { 'platform' => 'ubuntu', 'platform_version' => '12.04' } }
+    let(:node) { { 'platform' => 'ubuntu', 'platform_version' => '16.04' } }
     it 'returns full version' do
-      expect(Logstash.determine_platform_major_version(node)).to eql(12.04)
+      expect(Logstash.determine_platform_major_version(node)).to eql(16.04)
     end
   end
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       end
     end
     context 'after user' do
-      let(:node) { { 'platform' => 'ubuntu', 'platform_version' => '12.04' } }
+      let(:node) { { 'platform' => 'ubuntu', 'platform_version' => '16.04' } }
       it 'returns true' do
         expect(Logstash.upstart_supports_user?(node)).to eql(true)
       end