diff --git a/roles/syslogd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/syslogd/tasks/main.yml
index 8567832..87b2a38 100644
--- a/roles/syslogd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/syslogd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
     - name: configure certificates for remote logging
       service:
         name: syslogd
-        arguments: "-h -c {{ tls_certs }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.crt -k {{ tls_private }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.key"
+        arguments: >-
+          -h -c {{ tls_certs }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.crt
+          -k {{ tls_private }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.key
         enabled: true
     - name: enable remote logging
       lineinfile: