diff --git a/roles/config_repos/tasks/main.yml b/roles/config_repos/tasks/main.yml
index aa079a15135406f7f131eb8ac225e4aa30ae79e6..6403286c58e5cc07781d823e394ac4dcc6ed0c54 100644
--- a/roles/config_repos/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/config_repos/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: make sure our repo server is resolvable
   lineinfile:
     path: /etc/hosts
-    line: "{{ reposerverip }} {{ reposervername }}"
+    line: "{{ reposerverip }}\t{{ reposervername }}"
     owner: root
     group: root
   become: True