diff --git a/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
index d96ef31380..a0262a9924 100644
--- a/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #  - include: $tasks/fedmsg_hub
 
 - name: copy database configuration
-  template: src=$item /etc/fedmsg.d/$item
+  template: src=$item dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/$item
   with_items:
   - datanommer-db.py
   - badges-global.py