diff --git a/roles/epylog/tasks/main.yml b/roles/epylog/tasks/main.yml
index 1c0631d9dc..3cf2695d01 100644
--- a/roles/epylog/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/epylog/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   - modules/kojiload_mod.py
 
 - name: epylog cron
-  file: src=epylog-default.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/epylog.cron
+  copy: src=epylog-default.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/epylog.cron
   tags:
   - config
   - cron