diff --git a/recipes/limits.rb b/recipes/limits.rb
index 31c56b67..0d5c9d43 100644
--- a/recipes/limits.rb
+++ b/recipes/limits.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 template '/etc/security/limits.d/10.hardcore.conf' do
   source 'limits.conf.erb'
-  mode 0440
+  mode '0440'
   owner 'root'
   group 'root'
   not_if { node['security']['kernel']['enable_core_dump'] }
diff --git a/spec/recipes/limits_spec.rb b/spec/recipes/limits_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71ed82ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/recipes/limits_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
+# Copyright 2014, Deutsche Telekom AG
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+require_relative '../spec_helper'
+
+describe 'os-hardening::limits' do
+
+  let(:chef_run) do
+    ChefSpec::Runner.new.converge(described_recipe)
+  end
+
+  it 'creates /etc/sysconfig/init' do
+    expect(chef_run).to create_template('/etc/security/limits.d/10.hardcore.conf').with(
+      user:   'root',
+      group:  'root',
+      mode: '0440'
+    )
+  end
+
+end