diff --git a/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml b/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml
index 2ba0e113fc..a8afcff5d3 100644
--- a/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   - datagrepper
 
 - name: creating datagrepper config dir
-  file: path=/etc/datagrepper state=directory owner=root more=755
+  file: path=/etc/datagrepper state=directory owner=root mode=755
   tags:
   - config
   - datagrepper