diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index 1ca1856..8d90625 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,26 @@
     msg: "{{ which_puppet }}"
 
 - name: Obtain path to puppet binary using whereis
-  shell: "whereis -b puppet | awk 'BEGIN {FS=\" \"} {print($2)}'"
+  shell: "whereis -b puppet | awk 'BEGIN {FS=\": \"} {print($2)}'"
   register: which_puppet
   when: which_puppet.stdout == ""
 
+- name: Get puppet permissions
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ which_puppet.stdout }}"
+  register: which_puppet_stat
+
 - name: Set fact for puppet path
   set_fact:
     puppet_cmd: "{{ which_puppet.stdout }}"
-  when: which_puppet.stdout != ""
+  when:
+    - which_puppet.stdout != ""
+    - which_puppet_stat.stat.executable
+
+- name: Set fact for puppet path to estimated path when not found
+  set_fact:
+    puppet_cmd: "/usr/local/bin/puppet"
+  when: which_puppet.stdout == "" or not which_puppet_stat.stat.executable
 
 - name: Obtain puppet configuration directory
   shell: "{{ puppet_cmd }} config print confdir"