diff --git a/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
index 5dd774c316b215fc7498a2ea79737d4f761b09e2..3e23046fe6d1011f6bb23b4c937089c8724ec053 100644
--- a/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,19 +22,23 @@
   sudo: true
 
 - name: install slurmdb.conf
-  copy: src=files/slurmdbd.conf dest={{ slurm_dir }}/etc/slurmdbd.conf
-  owner: slurm
-  group: slurm
-  mode: u+rw,g-wx,o-rwx
+  copy: 
+    src: files/slurmdbd.conf 
+    dest: "{{ slurm_dir }}/etc/slurmdbd.conf"
+    owner: slurm
+    group: slurm
+    mode: u+rw,g-wx,o-rwx
   sudo: true
   when: slurm_dir is defined
 
 
 - name: install slurmdbd.conf
-  copy: src=slurmdbd.conf dest=/etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf
-  mode: u+rw,g-wx,o-rwx
-  owner: slurm
-  group: slurm
+  copy: 
+    src: slurmdbd.conf 
+    dest: /etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf
+    owner: slurm
+    group: slurm
+    mode: u+rw,g-wx,o-rwx
   sudo: true
   when: slurm_dir is not defined