diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/centos/recipes/main.rb b/chef/cookbooks/centos/recipes/main.rb
index dd04a91d2..7665d9952 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/centos/recipes/main.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/centos/recipes/main.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
-execute "say hello" do
-  command "echo welcome to diaspora chef"
+def harden_ruby(ruby_string)
+  Dir.glob("/usr/local/rvm/wrappers/#{ruby_string}/*").each do |file|
+    link "/usr/local/bin/#{file.split('/').last}" do
+      to file
+    end
+  end
+  Dir.glob("/usr/local/rvm/gems/#{ruby_string}/bin/*").each do |file|
+    link "/usr/local/bin/#{file.split('/').last}" do
+      to file
+    end
+  end
+
 end
 
+harden_ruby("ruby-1.8.7-p302")
+
 include_recipe "centos::image_magick"
 include_recipe "centos::mongo_db"
-include_recipe "common::main"
+include_recipe "common::main"
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