diff --git a/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml
index df5125136a66fdfd17c345614b93c31fdcc4a557..03f245334e4f8d31e47f034b55610c125c85572a 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
 
 - name: "create cluster in slurm db"
-  shell:  sacctmgr show assoc format=Cluster -Pn | grep -q {{ clustername }} && {{ slurm_dir }}/bin/sacctmgr -i create cluster {{ clustername }}
+  shell:  {{ slurm_dir }}/bin/sacctmgr show assoc format=Cluster -Pn | grep -q {{ clustername }} && {{ slurm_dir }}/bin/sacctmgr -i create cluster {{ clustername }}
   become: true
 
 - name: start slurmctl