diff --git a/d4s_user_services_perms/defaults/main.yml b/d4s_user_services_perms/defaults/main.yml
index 20745648..128037dc 100644
--- a/d4s_user_services_perms/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/d4s_user_services_perms/defaults/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ d4science_tomcat_options_files:
 limits_nofile_value: 16000
 security_limits:
   - { domain: '{{ d4science_user }}', l_item: 'nofile', type: 'soft', value: '{{ limits_nofile_value }}' }
-  - { domain: '{{ d4science_user }}', item: 'nofile', type: 'hard', value: '{{ limits_nofile_value }}' }
+  - { domain: '{{ d4science_user }}', l_item: 'nofile', type: 'hard', value: '{{ limits_nofile_value }}' }
 
 d4science_manual_tomcat_inst_dir: '{{ d4science_user_home }}/tomcat'
 d4science_manual_tomcat_log_dir: '{{ d4science_manual_tomcat_inst_dir }}/logs'
diff --git a/ubuntu-deb-general/defaults/main.yml b/ubuntu-deb-general/defaults/main.yml
index 3ec4e253..c4b8ed94 100644
--- a/ubuntu-deb-general/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ubuntu-deb-general/defaults/main.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ additional_ca_dest_dir: /usr/local/share/ca-certificates
 #
 default_security_limits:
   - { domain: 'root', l_item: 'nofile', type: 'soft', value: '8192' }
-  - { domain: 'root', item: 'nofile', type: 'hard', value: '8192' }
+  - { domain: 'root', l_item: 'nofile', type: 'hard', value: '8192' }
 
 
 #