diff --git a/roles/ec2-user/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ec2-user/tasks/main.yml
index 858d8ee0a46f4a9525460b5edb1adf791a56ca27..828d86e9f55eaa9946a0c3f96034157816e536a0 100644
--- a/roles/ec2-user/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ec2-user/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - name: Add ansible_user to systems group locally
   user:
-    name: {{ ansible_user }}
+    name: "{{ ansible_user }}"
     groups: systems
     append: yes
   become: true