diff --git a/tasks/persistent_cloud.yml b/tasks/persistent_cloud.yml
index c0ec6b2289..4058cae523 100644
--- a/tasks/persistent_cloud.yml
+++ b/tasks/persistent_cloud.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: spin it up
-  local_action: ec2 keypair=${keypair} image=${image} type=${instance_type} wait=true group=${security_group} ec2_access_key=$persistent_access_key ec2_secret_key=$persistent_secret_key ec2_url=$os_ec2_url 
+  local_action: ec2 keypair=${keypair} image=${image} type=${instance_type} wait=true group=${security_group} ec2_access_key=$persist_access_key ec2_secret_key=$persist_secret_key ec2_url=$os_ec2_url 
   register: inst_res
   only_if: "'${host_is_up.rc}' != '0'"