diff --git a/tasks/openshift-el6.yml b/tasks/openshift-el6.yml
index 086972c1ce..a3d413acb9 100644
--- a/tasks/openshift-el6.yml
+++ b/tasks/openshift-el6.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@
   action: service name=mongod state=running enabled=yes
 
 - name: setup openshift mongo pw
-  action: command "mongo stickshift_broker_dev --eval 'db.addUser("stickshift", "mooo")'"
+  action: command mongo stickshift_broker_dev --eval 'db.addUser("stickshift", "mooo")'
   tags:
   - mongoacct