diff --git a/action_plugins/add_host.py b/action_plugins/add_host.py
index 2dcb85c240..5b3aed8120 100644
--- a/action_plugins/add_host.py
+++ b/action_plugins/add_host.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class ActionModule(object):
         self.runner = runner
 
     def run(self, conn, tmp, module_name, module_args, inject):
-        args = parse_kv(self.runner.module_args)
+        args = parse_kv(module_args)
         if not 'hostname' in args:
             raise ae("'hostname' is a required argument.")
 
diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
index 180235b54d..0373f2b5b8 100644
--- a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
+++ b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   register: inst_res
 
 - name: add it to the special group
-  local_action: add_host hostname="{{ inst_res.instances[0].public_ip }}" groupname=tmp_just_created
+  local_action: add_host hostname=${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip} groupname=tmp_just_created
 
 - name: mail off about where it is
   local_action: mail to=sysadmin-main-members@fedoraproject.org from=ansible-create@fedoraproject.org subject=${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip} msg="cloud instance created on ${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip}\n instance id - ${inst_res.instances[0].id} "