diff --git a/playbooks/groups/qa-stg.yml b/playbooks/groups/qa-stg.yml
index e5412073eb..bfe9230bb7 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/qa-stg.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/qa-stg.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
     - name: create dirs for static sites
       file: path={{ item.document_root }} state=directory owner=apache group=apache mode=1755
-      with_items: "{{ static_sites }"
+      with_items: "{{ static_sites }}"
       tags:
         - qastaticsites