diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/tasks/job.yml b/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/tasks/job.yml
index 289b4e87..43e5e563 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/tasks/job.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/tasks/job.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       {% if entry.mailto is defined and entry.mailto | length > 0 %}
       MAILTO={{ entry.mailto }}
       {% endif %}
-      { _cron_job_command }}
+      {{ _cron_job_command }}
     state: present
     disabled: "{{ entry.disabled | default(omit) }}"
   delegate_to: "{{ 'localhost' if drupal.defer else inventory_hostname }}"
diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml
index b138b71b..29bdc272 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       {% if entry.mailto is defined and entry.mailto | length > 0 %}
       MAILTO={{ entry.mailto }}
       {% endif %}
-      { _cron_job_command }}
+      {{ _cron_job_command }}
     state: present
     disabled: "{{ entry.disabled | default(omit) }}"
   delegate_to: "{{ 'localhost' if drupal.defer else inventory_hostname }}"