diff --git a/playbooks/manual/push-badges.yml b/playbooks/manual/push-badges.yml
index e1179c2114..ca1713c5fa 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/push-badges.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/push-badges.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     register: tmp
 
   - set_fact:
-      tempdir: tmp.path
+      tempdir: "{{tmp.path}}"
 
   - name: clone the local bare repo
     git: dest={{tempdir}} repo=/git/badges remote=origin update=yes