diff --git a/roles/epylog/tasks/main.yml b/roles/epylog/tasks/main.yml
index 8060540ac3..da2683a335 100644
--- a/roles/epylog/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/epylog/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   - epylog
 
 - name: create directories needed for epylog
-  file: state=directory owner=root mode=755
+  file: state=directory path={{ item }} owner=root mode=755
   with_items: 
   - /var/lib/epylog/merged
   - /srv/web/epylog