diff --git a/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml
index 1bc6f0155048f853bedabe2bbdf8487a7a9895b8..c30074e72da0573c4443be01495705abb46fc4d1 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml
@@ -61,10 +61,13 @@
   register: slurm_cluster_count
   check_mode: no
 
+- debug:
+    var: slurm_cluster_count
+
 - name: "create cluster in slurm db"
   shell:  "{{slurm_dir}}/bin/sacctmgr -i create cluster {{ clustername }}"
   become: true
-  when: '"1" is slurm_cluster_count.stdout'
+  when: slurm_cluster_count.stdout == '1'
 
 - name: make sure munge is started 
   service: name=munge state=started enabled=yes