diff --git a/tasks/postgres_pgpool.yml b/tasks/postgres_pgpool.yml
index 64545da..6325f6c 100644
--- a/tasks/postgres_pgpool.yml
+++ b/tasks/postgres_pgpool.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     tags: [ 'postgresql', 'postgres', 'pg_conf', 'pgpool' ]
 
   - name: Ensure that the postgresql config file has the correct permissions
-    file: dest={{ psql_conf_dir }}/postgresql.conf owner=root group=postgres mode='0440
+    file: dest={{ psql_conf_dir }}/postgresql.conf owner=root group=postgres mode='0440'
     tags: [ 'postgresql', 'postgres', 'pg_conf', 'pgpool' ]
 
   - name: Add the pgpool postgres extensions to the template1 dbs