diff --git a/playbooks/groups/pkgs.yml b/playbooks/groups/pkgs.yml
index bc099d33fc..3b32801333 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/pkgs.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/pkgs.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     owner_user: apache
     owner_group: apache
     service: HTTP
-    host: {{inventory_hostname}}
+    host: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
     when: env == "staging"
   - gitolite/base
   - cgit/base