diff --git a/tasks/openshift-el6.yml b/tasks/openshift-el6.yml
index d124bc9d37..875b5eb85d 100644
--- a/tasks/openshift-el6.yml
+++ b/tasks/openshift-el6.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   tags:
   - mongo
 - 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:
   - mongo