diff --git a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
index bf00f953fb..26df43986e 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 
 - name: set default list footer
   copy: src=mailman-generic-list-footer
-            dest=/var/lib/mailman3/templates/site/en/list:member:generic:footer
+            dest=/var/lib/mailman3/templates/site/en/list:member:generic:footer.txt
             owner=mailman group=mailman mode=0644
   tags:
   - config