diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2 b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
index 8b392049b2..8e8f8c8f6e 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ factory.addStep(ShellCommand(command=["runtask", '-i',
                                         '-a', Interpolate('%(prop:arch)s'),
                                         '-j', Interpolate('%(prop:buildername)s/%(prop:buildnumber)s'),
                                         Interpolate('%(prop:taskname)s.yml')],
-                             descriptionDone=[Interpolate('%(prop:taskname)s on %(prop:item)')],
+                             descriptionDone=[Interpolate('%(prop:taskname)s on %(prop:item)s')],
                              name='runtask'))
 
 # capture the taskotron log