diff --git a/cloud/ansible/openstack/roles/create_vm/tasks/main.yaml b/cloud/ansible/openstack/roles/create_vm/tasks/main.yaml
index 9743a1e6..16f9db59 100644
--- a/cloud/ansible/openstack/roles/create_vm/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/cloud/ansible/openstack/roles/create_vm/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 
 - name: Add instance to inventory
   ansible.builtin.add_host:
-    hostname: "{{ tpot_name.stdout }}"
+    hostname: "{{ tpot_name }}"
     ansible_host: "{{ tpot.server.public_v4 }}"
     groups: tpot