diff --git a/playbooks/groups/download.yml b/playbooks/groups/download.yml
index e4910c3bf7..27d24686ed 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/download.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/download.yml
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@
     when: env != "staging"
   - name: put in script for syncing on download-ib02
     copy: src="{{ files }}/download/sync-up-downloads.sh"  dest=/usr/local/bin/sync-up-downloads owner=root group=root mode=755
-    when: inventory_hostname.startswith = 'download-ib02'
+    when: inventory_hostname.startswith == 'download-ib02'
   - name: put in script for syncing on download-ib01
     copy: src="{{ files }}/download/sync-up-downloads.sh.ib01" dest=/usr/local/bin/sync-up-downloads owner=root group=root mode=755
-    when: inventory_hostname.startswith = 'download-ib01'
+    when: inventory_hostname.startswith == 'download-ib01'
   - name: put in cron job for syncing
     copy: src="{{ files }}/download/download-sync.cron"  dest=/etc/cron.d/download-sync owner=root group=root mode=644
     when: datacenter == 'ibiblio'