diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all b/inventory/group_vars/all
index 2064876188..203d4f894c 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ lvm_size: 20000
 #                  gateway={{ gw }} dns={{ dns }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0
 #                  hostname={{ inventory_hostname }}" 
 #                 --network=bridge=br0 --autostart --noautoconsole
-virt_install_command: virt-install -n '{{ inventory_hostname }}' -r '{{ mem_size }}'
-                 --disk bus=virtio,path='{{ volgroup }}'/'{{ inventory_hostname }}'
-                 --vcpus='{{ num_cpus }}'  -l '{{ ks_repo }}' -x
-                 "ksdevice=eth0 ks='{{ ks_url }}' console=tty0 console=ttyS0
-                  hostname='{{ inventory_hostname }}' nameserver='{{ dns }}'
-                  ip='{{ eth0_ip }}'::'{{ gw }}':'{{ nm }}':'{{ inventory_hostname }}':eth0:none"
+virt_install_command: 'virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ mem_size }}
+                 --disk bus=virtio,path={{ volgroup }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}
+                 --vcpus={{ num_cpus }}  -l {{ ks_repo }} -x
+                 ''ksdevice=eth0 ks={{ ks_url }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0
+                  hostname={{ inventory_hostname }} nameserver={{ dns }}
+                  ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none''
                  --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio
-                 --autostart --noautoconsole
+                 --autostart --noautoconsole'
 
 # By default, nodes get no fedmsg certs.  They need to declare them explicitly.
 fedmsg_certs: []