diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/elastic-dev.fedorainfracloud.org b/inventory/host_vars/elastic-dev.fedorainfracloud.org
index e4d10811f5..2cbaa4efc9 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/elastic-dev.fedorainfracloud.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/elastic-dev.fedorainfracloud.org
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-image: fedora26_x86_64
+image: "{{ fedora26_x86_64 }}"
 instance_type: m1.medium
 keypair: fedora-admin-20130801
 security_group: ssh-anywhere-persistent,all-icmp-persistent,default,web-80-anywhere-persistent,web-443-anywhere-persistent,all-icmp-persistent