diff --git a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
index 5ca90c4669..0841ae2984 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
    - restart phd
 
 - name: copy phabricator preamble
-  file: src=phabricator-preamble.php dest={{ phabroot }}/phabricator/support/preamble.php owner=apache group=apache mode=0644
+  copy: src=phabricator-preamble.php dest={{ phabroot }}/phabricator/support/preamble.php owner=apache group=apache mode=0644
 
 - name: copy phabricator custom login plugin
   template: src=CustomLoginHandler.php.j2 dest={{ phabroot }}/phabricator/src/extensions/CustomLoginHandler.php owner=apache group=apache mode=0644