diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 8ed9e7f..bbef40c 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   block:
   - name: Install the Ubuntu PHP PPA
     apt_repository: repo={{ php_ppa }} state=present update_cache=yes
-    when: php_from_ppa | bool
+    when: php_from_ppa
 
   - name: Remove the Ubuntu PHP PPA
     apt_repository: repo={{ php_ppa }} state=absent update_cache=yes
-    when: not php_from_ppa | bool
+    when: not php_from_ppa
 
   - name: Install the php-fpm package
     apt: pkg={{ php_fpm_packages }} state=present update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=3600
@@ -36,19 +36,19 @@
 
   - name: Activate the memcache sessions support and redundancy if required
     action: configfile path={{ phpfpm_base_dir }}/conf.d/20-memcache.ini key={{ item.prop }} value='{{ item.value }}'
-    when: phpfpm_use_memcache_redundancy_sessions | bool
+    when: phpfpm_use_memcache_redundancy_sessions
     with_items: '{{ memcache_session }}'
     notify: Reload php-fpm
 
   - name: remove php-fpm default pool
     file: dest={{ phpfpm_base_dir }}/pool.d/www.conf state=absent
-    when: phpfpm_remove_default_pool | bool
+    when: phpfpm_remove_default_pool
     notify: Restart php-fpm
 
   - name: Create the users under the php-fpm processes will run
-    user: name={{ item.user }} comment="{{ item.user }}" home=/dev/null createhome=no shell=/sbin/nologin
+    user: name={{ item.user }} comment="{{ item.user }}" home=/dev/null createhome=no shell=/usr/sbin/nologin
     with_items: '{{ phpfpm_pools }}'
-    when: phpfpm_create_users | bool
+    when: phpfpm_create_users
     notify: Restart php-fpm
     tags: [ 'php', 'fpm_pool' ]
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     with_items: '{{ phpfpm_pools }}' 
     when:
       - phpfpm_session_prefix is defined
-      - phpfpm_use_default_template | bool
+      - phpfpm_use_default_template
     tags: [ 'php', 'fpm_pool' ]
 
   - name: Create the directories where to store the log files
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
   - name: Install the php-fpm pools
     template: src=php-fpm-pool.conf.j2 dest={{ phpfpm_base_dir }}/pool.d/{{ item.pool_name }}.conf owner=root group=root mode=0444
     with_items: '{{ phpfpm_pools }}'
-    when: phpfpm_use_default_template | bool
+    when: phpfpm_use_default_template
     notify: Restart php-fpm
 
   tags: [ 'php', 'fpm_conf', 'fpm_pool', 'fpm_pool_conf' ]
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@
     
   - name: Ensure that the php-fpm service is started and enabled
     service: name=php{{ php_version }}-fpm state=started enabled=yes
-    when: phpfpm_service_enabled | bool
+    when: phpfpm_service_enabled
 
   - name: Ensure that the php-fpm service is stopped and disabled
     service: name=php{{ php_version }}-fpm state=stopped enabled=no
-    when: not phpfpm_service_enabled | bool
+    when: not phpfpm_service_enabled
   tags: php