diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 1c6eafbe82..ce0b4ebe1b 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -106,10 +106,17 @@
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
+- name: put provisioning files
+  # synchronize doesn't work at lockbox due to some rsync/scp error, todo: revert when resolved
+  # synchronize: src="provision/files/" dest="/home/copr/provision/files/"
+  copy: src="provision" dest="/home/copr/"
+  tags:
+  - provision_config
+
 - name: put some files into the provision subdir
-  template: src="{{ item }}" dest="/home/copr/provision/{{ item }}"
+  template: src="provision/{{ item }}" dest="/home/copr/provision/{{ item }}"
   with_fileglob:
-  - templates/provision/*.yml
+  - provision/*.yml
   #with_items:
   #- inventory
   #- builderpb.yml
@@ -117,13 +124,6 @@
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
-- name: put provisioning files
-  # synchronize doesn't work at lockbox due to some rsync/scp error, todo: revert when resolved
-  # synchronize: src="provision/files/" dest="/home/copr/provision/files/"
-  copy: src="provision/files" dest="/home/copr/provision/files"
-  tags:
-  - provision_config
-
 - name: testing fixture
   file: path="/home/copr/cloud/ec2rc.variable" state="touch"
   when: devel