diff --git a/tasks/mirrorlist.yml b/tasks/mirrorlist.yml
index f15196df9e..ad0fa6e114 100644
--- a/tasks/mirrorlist.yml
+++ b/tasks/mirrorlist.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 # nuke mirrormanager.conf so that it doesn't start up
 - name: kill /etc/httpd/conf.d/mirrrormanager.conf
-  copy: content="blanked on purpose" dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/mirrormanager.conf 
+  copy: 'content="#blanked on purpose" dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/mirrormanager.conf'
   notify:
   - restart apache
   tags: