diff --git a/roles/web-data-analysis/tasks/main.yml b/roles/web-data-analysis/tasks/main.yml
index 30c96b6511..b5967a8588 100644
--- a/roles/web-data-analysis/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/web-data-analysis/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     - web-data
 
 - name: make the data directory
-  file: path=/mnt/fedora_stats/data state directory mode=0755
+  file: path=/mnt/fedora_stats/data state=directory mode=0755
   tags:
     - web-data