diff --git a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
index 23a82d2..06fa9b2 100644
--- a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
         owner: "{{ docker_user_uid }}"
         group: "{{ docker_user_gid }}"
         mode: 0664
+        remote_src: true
       with_items:
         - src: email.tmpl
           dest: /var/lib/alerta/email.tmpl