diff --git a/template/7/aerospike.template.conf b/template/7/aerospike.template.conf
index ac92222..7959cee 100644
--- a/template/7/aerospike.template.conf
+++ b/template/7/aerospike.template.conf
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ network {
 
 namespace ${NAMESPACE} {
 	replication-factor 1
-	$( (("${DEFAULT_TTL}" != 0 )) && echo "default-ttl ${DEFAULT_TTL}")
-	$( (("${DEFAULT_TTL}" != 0 )) && echo "nsup-period ${NSUP_PERIOD}")
+	$( [[ "DEFAULT_TTL" != "0" ]] && echo "default-ttl ${DEFAULT_TTL}")
+	$( [[ "DEFAULT_TTL" != "0" ]] && echo "nsup-period ${NSUP_PERIOD}")
 
 	storage-engine $([ "${DATA_IN_MEMORY}" = "true" ] && echo "memory" || echo "device") {
 		# For 'storage-engine memory' with 'device' or 'file' backing, we
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index efa0349..5cdc67d 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -77,13 +77,14 @@ function run_docker() {
     log_info "------ Running docker image ${IMAGE_TAG} ..."
 
     if [ "${EDITION}" = "community" ] || version_compare_gt "${version}" "6.1"; then
-        verbose_call docker run -td --name "${CONTAINER}" "${PLATFORM/#/"--platform="}" \
-            "${IMAGE_TAG}"
+        verbose_call docker run -td --name "${CONTAINER}" -e "DEFAULT_TTL=30d" \
+            "${PLATFORM/#/"--platform="}" "${IMAGE_TAG}"
     else
         # Must supply a feature key when version is prior to 6.1.
-        verbose_call docker run -td --name "${CONTAINER}" "${PLATFORM/#/"--platform="}" \
-            -v "/$(pwd)/res/":/asfeat/ -e "FEATURE_KEY_FILE=/asfeat/eval_features.conf" \
-            "${IMAGE_TAG}"
+        verbose_call docker run -td --name "${CONTAINER}" \
+            "${PLATFORM/#/"--platform="}" -v "/$(pwd)/res/":/asfeat/ \
+            -e "DEFAULT_TTL=30d" \
+            -e "FEATURE_KEY_FILE=/asfeat/eval_features.conf" "${IMAGE_TAG}"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -173,6 +174,14 @@ function check_container() {
         log_failure "**(${tool}) Aerospike database does not have namespace 'test' - '${namespace}'"
     fi
 
+    default_ttl=$(try 5 docker exec -t "${CONTAINER}" bash -c 'asinfo -v "get-config:context=namespace;id=test" -l' | grep default-ttl | grep -oE "[0-9]+")
+
+    if ((default_ttl == 2592000)); then
+        log_success "Found expected 30d ttl - '${default_ttl}'"
+    else
+        log_failure "Did not find expected 30d ttl - '${default_ttl}'"
+    fi
+
     log_info "------ Verify docker image completed successfully"
 }