diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
index dd4751471e..752db13d5f 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
   template: src={{ item.file }} dest={{ item.dest }}
              owner=mirrormanager group=mirrormanager mode=0600
   with_items:
-  - { file: {{ roles }}/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg,
+  - { file: "{{ roles }}/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg",
       dest: /etc/mirrormanager/mirrormanager2.cfg }
-  - { file: {{ roles }}/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/alembic.ini,
+  - { file: "{{ roles }}/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/alembic.ini",
       dest: /etc/mirrormanager/alembic.ini }
   tags:
   - config