diff --git a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
index 893189af01..19e34fee66 100644
--- a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
+++ b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   
 - name: add root keys for sysadmin-main and other allowed users
   authorized_key: user=root key="{{ item }}"
-  with_lines: /srv/web/infra/ansible/scripts/auth-keys-from-fas @sysadmin-main {{ root_auth_users }}
+  with_lines: "/srv/web/infra/ansible/scripts/auth-keys-from-fas @sysadmin-main {{ root_auth_users }}"
   tags:
   - config
   ignore_errors: true