diff --git a/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml b/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml
index 5e23ed024c..9f00c09704 100644
--- a/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   - geoip-city-wsgi/app
 
 - name: link the data file to the one we use
-  file: state=link src=/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCity.dat dest=/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat
+  file: state=link dest=/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCity.dat src=/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat
 
 - name: install geoip-city-wsgi.conf file
   copy: >