diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
index 4c6ce57106..45739041ac 100644
--- a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
+++ b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@
   local_action: mail 
     to=sysadmin-main-members@fedoraproject.org 
     from=ansible-create@fedoraproject.org
-    subject="{{ nova_result.public_ip }}"
-    body="transient cloud instance created on {{ nova_result.public_ip }}
+    subject="{{ nova_result.public_ip[0] }}"
+    body="transient cloud instance created on {{ nova_result.public_ip[0] }}
           name = {{ name }}
           root_auth_users = {{ root_auth_users }}
           image = {{ image }}"
 
 - name: wait for he host to be hot
-  local_action: wait_for host={{ nova_result.public_ip }} port=22 delay=1 timeout=600
+  local_action: wait_for host={{ nova_result.public_ip[0] }} port=22 delay=1 timeout=600
 
 - name: gather ssh host key from new instance
-  local_action: command ssh-keyscan -t rsa {{ nova_result.public_ip }}
+  local_action: command ssh-keyscan -t rsa {{ nova_result.public_ip[0] }}
   ignore_errors: True
   register: hostkey
 
 - name: add new ssh host key (you still need to add it to official ssh_host_keys later)
-  local_action: known_hosts path={{item}} key="{{ hostkey.stdout }}" host={{ nova_result.public_ip }} state=present
+  local_action: known_hosts path={{item}} key="{{ hostkey.stdout }}" host={{ nova_result.public_ip[0] }} state=present
   ignore_errors: True
   with_items:
   - /root/.ssh/known_hosts