diff --git a/manifests/defines/modules_dir.pp b/manifests/defines/modules_dir.pp
index 797de2d..168c071 100644
--- a/manifests/defines/modules_dir.pp
+++ b/manifests/defines/modules_dir.pp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ define modules_dir (
 	} else {
 		file {
 			"/var/lib/puppet/modules/${name}":
-				source => [ "puppet:///${name}/modules_dir", "puppet:///common/empty"],
+				source => [ "puppet://$server/${name}/modules_dir", "puppet://$server//modules/common/empty"],
 				checksum => mtime,
 				# ignore the placeholder
 				ignore => '\.ignore',