diff --git a/tasks/section_6/cis_6.1.x.yml b/tasks/section_6/cis_6.1.x.yml
index 950ca5e..f889cd4 100644
--- a/tasks/section_6/cis_6.1.x.yml
+++ b/tasks/section_6/cis_6.1.x.yml
@@ -12,13 +12,9 @@
     - rule_6.1.1
     - NIST800-53R5_AU-2
   block:
-    block:
     - name: "6.1.1 | PATCH | Ensure AIDE is installed"
-      when:
-        - "'aide' not in ansible_facts.packages or
-          'aide-common' not in ansible_facts.packages"
       ansible.builtin.package:
-        name: ['aide', 'aide-common']
+        name: "{{ aide_packages }}"
         state: present
         update_cache: true
       register: discovered_aide_pkg_added
@@ -48,10 +44,10 @@
           (discovered_aide_db_age.files | length > 0) or
           rhel9cis_aide_db_recreate
       block:
-        - name: "6.1.1 | PATCH | Ensure AIDE is installed| Build AIDE DB"
+        - name: "6.1.1 | PATCH | Ensure AIDE is installed | Build AIDE DB"
           ansible.builtin.shell: "{{ aide_initiate_command }}"
 
-        - name: "6.1.1 | PATCH | Ensure AIDE is installed| Build AIDE DB | Wait for file before continuing"
+        - name: "6.1.1 | PATCH | Ensure AIDE is installed | Build AIDE DB | Wait for file before continuing"
           ansible.builtin.wait_for:
             path: /var/lib/aide/aide.db.new.gz
 
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 679c5b9..93439ad 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ container_vars_file: is_container.yml
 # system_is_ec2 toggle will disable tasks that fail on Amazon EC2 instances. Set true to skip and false to run tasks
 system_is_ec2: false
 
+# Aide Packages
+
+aide_packages:
+  - aide
 # Aide initiate command for new DB creation
-aide_initiate_command: aideinit -y -f
+aide_initiate_command: /usr/sbin/aide --init
 
 # Audit vars
 audit_bins: