diff --git a/tasks/alerta.yml b/tasks/alerta.yml
index 7a30f50cdae1d0d6771a46c10c3293cf9aae51ee..8547c43214940208ef190020fa5ae53794c68c24 100644
--- a/tasks/alerta.yml
+++ b/tasks/alerta.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 
 - name: Copy plugins
   template:
-    src: {{ item }}/plugin.py
+    src: '{{ item }}/plugin.py'
     dest: /tmp/alerta_{{ item }}.py
   with_items:
     - elastalert
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 
 - name: Copy plugin setups
   template:
-    src: {{ item }}/setup.py
+    src: '{{ item }}/setup.py'
     dest: /tmp/setup_alerta_{{ item }}.py
   with_items:
     - elastalert
diff --git a/templates/alertad.conf b/templates/alertad.conf
index a2c345e7f6ed14e4918df8bdba8f31534d800532..fafcda8f105914b0692bbc369fdd801be2b5bb17 100644
--- a/templates/alertad.conf
+++ b/templates/alertad.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET='{{ alerta_gitlab.client_secret }}'
 ALLOWED_GITLAB_GROUPS=['{{ alerta_environments|join("','") }}']
 
 # Plugins
-PLUGINS=['reject','gitlab']
+PLUGINS=['reject','gitlab','elastalert']
 ORIGIN_BLACKLIST=[]
 ALLOWED_ENVIRONMENTS=['{{ alerta_environments|join("','") }}']
 ACTIONS = ['createIssue']