diff --git a/install/install.conf b/install/install.conf
index 5bd1b3d7..2f641433 100755
--- a/install/install.conf
+++ b/install/install.conf
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 #####################################
 # Agent or Fullserver
 export FULL_COMPASS_SERVER="false"
-#using offline repo or not
-export LOCAL_REPO="false"
 #url of compass offline repo
 #export REPO="http://10.145.250.80:9999"
 # User Email
@@ -72,6 +70,8 @@ export NAMESERVER_REVERSE_ZONES="unused"
 export CBLR_USER=
 export CBLR_PASSWD=
 
+# set default local repo flag
+export LOCAL_REPO=
 export SUPPORT_CENTOS_7_2=
 export SUPPORT_UBUNTU_14_04_03=
 
diff --git a/install/logstash-forwarder.sh b/install/logstash-forwarder.sh
index a6415aa1..a3eb33f5 100644
--- a/install/logstash-forwarder.sh
+++ b/install/logstash-forwarder.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ echo "Installing logstash-forwarder"
 DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
 source $DIR/install.conf
 
-if [ "LOCAL_REPO" == "false"], then
-	sudo cp -rf $COMPASSDIR/misc/logstash-forwarder/logstash-forwarder.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/logstash-forwarder.repo
-fi
+sudo cp -rf $COMPASSDIR/misc/logstash-forwarder/logstash-forwarder.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/logstash-forwarder.repo
 sudo yum -y install logstash-forwarder
 sudo rm -rf /etc/logstash-forwarder.conf
 sudo cp -rf $COMPASSDIR/misc/logstash-forwarder/logstash-forwarder.conf /etc/logstash-forwarder.conf