diff --git a/playbooks/manual/noggin-deployment/create-full-backup.yml b/playbooks/manual/noggin-deployment/create-full-backup.yml
index 75d13fe6a8..59011c8de8 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/noggin-deployment/create-full-backup.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/noggin-deployment/create-full-backup.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   tasks:
     - name: create backup of FreeIPA server data
       command: ipa-backup
+
     - name: make the latest backup available under a fixed name
-      chdir: /var/lib/ipa/backup
-      shell: ln -snf $(ls -1t ipa-full* | head -n 1) ipa-full-latest
+      shell:
+        cmd: ln -snf $(ls -1t ipa-full* | head -n 1) ipa-full-latest
+        chdir: /var/lib/ipa/backup