diff --git a/ansible/roles/sahara/templates/sahara-api.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/sahara/templates/sahara-api.json.j2
index f09335a36a..33e45f49ec 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/sahara/templates/sahara-api.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/sahara/templates/sahara-api.json.j2
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "permissions": [
         {
             "path": "/var/lib/sahara",
-            "owner: "sahara:sahara",
+            "owner": "sahara:sahara",
             "recurse": true
         },
         {
diff --git a/ansible/roles/sahara/templates/sahara-engine.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/sahara/templates/sahara-engine.json.j2
index 5b3239142c..f677b503d5 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/sahara/templates/sahara-engine.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/sahara/templates/sahara-engine.json.j2
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "permissions": [
         {
             "path": "/var/lib/sahara",
-            "owner: "sahara:sahara",
+            "owner": "sahara:sahara",
             "recurse": true
         },
         {