I have a hash loaded in from a yaml file

its loaded in as : {:class => 'titled-box-body'}

I need to pass it to a function that only allows:
element_exists?(rockstar, :div, :class => 'titled-box-body')

But when I pass it into the function via the yaml variable
It looks like this and does not work.
element_exists?(rockstar, :div, {:class => 'titled-box-body'})


So my question is how to I convert:
 {:class => 'titled-box-body'}
to:
  :class => 'titled-box-body'

and am i missing something here? I'm thinking they should be
exactly the same as far as ruby is concerned...