diff --git a/tasks/register.yml b/tasks/register.yml
index 0fe4a54d5c195bfc31b99cc11f355fa2a2d02cd7..77f4b3941e0561ce8d638f4af45923907acf83a2 100644
--- a/tasks/register.yml
+++ b/tasks/register.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
   template:
     src='{{ item.template }}'
     dest='{{ item.dest }}'
-    owner: 'root'
-    group: 'root'
-    mode: '755'
+    owner='root'
+    group='root'
+    mode='755'
   with_items:
     - { template: 'setup.json', dest: '/tmp/spideroak.setup.json'}
     - { template: 'etc_init_d_spideroak', dest: '/etc/init.d/spideroak'}