diff --git a/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
index ebfc4e277f..42780042ba 100644
--- a/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 - name: oldschool badge award cronjobs
   copy: >
-    src=cron/$item
+    src=cron/$item.cron
     dest=/etc/cron.d/$item
     owner=root
     mode=644