diff --git a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
index 07955372b5..79bd82a109 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   delegate_to: "{{ resultsdb_db_host }}"
   sudo_user: postgres
   sudo: true
-  remote_tmp:/tmp/.ansible/
+  remote_tmp: '/tmp/.ansible/'
   action: postgresql_user db={{ resultsdb_db_name }} user={{ dev_resultsdb_db_user }} password={{ dev_resultsdb_db_password }} role_attr_flags=NOSUPERUSER
 
 - name: ensure stg resultsdb db user has access to stg database
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   delegate_to: "{{ resultsdb_db_host }}"
   sudo_user: postgres
   sudo: true
-  remote_tmp:/tmp/.ansible/
+  remote_tmp: '/tmp/.ansible/'
   action: postgresql_user db={{ resultsdb_db_name }} user={{ stg_resultsdb_db_user }} password={{ stg_resultsdb_db_password }} role_attr_flags=NOSUPERUSER
 
 - name: ensure prod resultsdb db user has access to prod database
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   delegate_to: "{{ resultsdb_db_host }}"
   sudo_user: postgres
   sudo: true
-  remote_tmp:/tmp/.ansible/
+  remote_tmp: '/tmp/.ansible/'
   action: postgresql_user db={{ resultsdb_db_name }} user={{ prod_resultsdb_db_user }} password={{ prod_resultsdb_db_password }} role_attr_flags=NOSUPERUSER
 
 - name: ensure selinux lets httpd talk to postgres