diff --git a/roles/re2o-services/templates/re2o-services/config.ini.j2 b/roles/re2o-services/templates/re2o-services/config.ini.j2
index 8e464dfc0e347f0acc27bd3b020973003af2cbff..38cbd7554e55271ba68ad11af06b7daddaf652d6 100644
--- a/roles/re2o-services/templates/re2o-services/config.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/re2o-services/templates/re2o-services/config.ini.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; {{ ansible_header | comment }}
+{{ ansible_header | comment(decoration='; ') }}
 [Re2o]
 hostname = {{ re2o.server }}
 username = {{ re2o.service_user }}