diff --git a/ansible/deploy.yaml b/ansible/deploy.yaml
index 64e31fc86c049031d6fa9abc8f95ce219ba7b40a..c59b51e3093434163ef8369de6827c90f3181053 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy.yaml
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
     - name: restart postgresql service
       systemd: state=restarted name=postgresql enabled=yes
     - postgresql_user:
-        name: {{dbuser}}
-        password: {{dbpassword}}
+        name: "{{ dbuser }}"
+        password: "{{ dbpassword }}"
         role_attr_flags: CREATEDB,NOSUPERUSER
     #
     # Stop web server(s)