diff --git a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
index 6316fa1..6d460ce 100644
--- a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
           - yml
 
     - name: Create mariadb database
-      shell: |
-        dokku mariadb:create gitea
-        --custom-env "USER=gitea"
-        --password {{ db_passwd }}
-        --root-password {{ root_db_passwd }}
+      shell: 'dokku mariadb:create gitea --custom-env "USER=gitea" --password {{ db_passwd }} --root-password {{ root_db_passwd }}'
       args:
         creates: /var/lib/dokku/services/mariadb/gitea