diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml
index ba8673fe0c..7fcfff6bf4 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
   user: root
   tasks:
   - copy:
-      content: "{{ hostvars['pgbdr01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org']['drop_script'].stdout\nhostvars['pgbdr01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org']['drop_script'].stderr }}"
+      content: "{{ hostvars['pgbdr01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org']['drop_script'].stdout }}\n{{ hostvars['pgbdr01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org']['drop_script'].stderr }}"
       dest: /tmp/bodhi.debug
 
 - name: bring staging services up (httpd)