diff --git a/roles/letsencrypt/tasks/main.yml b/roles/letsencrypt/tasks/main.yml
index 75907115d7..563aeeba51 100644
--- a/roles/letsencrypt/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/letsencrypt/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 - name: Obtain the intermediate certificate
   delegate_to: certgetter01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-  command: cat {{certbot_dir}}/chain.pem
+  command: cat {{certbot_dir.stdout}}/chain.pem
   register: certbot_chain
   changed_when: 'false'
   tags:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 - name: Obtain the key
   delegate_to: certgetter01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-  command: cat {{certbot_dir}}/privkey.pem
+  command: cat {{certbot_dir.stdout}}/privkey.pem
   register: certbot_key
   changed_when: 'false'
   tags: