diff --git a/roles/fas2discourse/tasks/create-keytab-secret.yml b/roles/fas2discourse/tasks/create-keytab-secret.yml
index 48e589ef11..0c5bb505d9 100644
--- a/roles/fas2discourse/tasks/create-keytab-secret.yml
+++ b/roles/fas2discourse/tasks/create-keytab-secret.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.fetch:
     src: "/etc/openshift_apps/fas2discourse/fas2discourse{{ env_suffix }}-keytab.kt"
     dest: "/etc/openshift_apps/fas2discourse/fas2discourse{{ env_suffix }}-keytab.kt"
+    flat: True
     mode: 0600
 
 # generate the templates for project to be created