diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
index 18207e2928..1c1f0d963b 100644
--- a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
+++ b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: spin it up
-  local_action: ec2 keypair={{ keypair }} image={{ image }} type={{ instance_type }} wait=true group={{ security_group }} ec2_access_key={{ transient_access_key }} ec2_secret_key={{ transient_secret_key }} ec2_url={{ os_ec2_url }} user_data='I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZyAKZGlzYWJsZV9yb290OiAwCg=='
+  local_action: ec2 keypair={{ keypair }} image={{ image }} type={{ instance_type }} wait=true group={{ security_group }} ec2_access_key={{ transient_access_key }} ec2_secret_key={{ transient_secret_key }} ec2_url={{ os_ec2_url }} user_data='I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpkaXNhYmxlX3Jvb3Q6IDAK'
   register: inst_res
 
 - name: add it to the special group