diff --git a/tasks/lxc_container_config.yml b/tasks/lxc_container_config.yml
index 583a2b8..3f2a661 100644
--- a/tasks/lxc_container_config.yml
+++ b/tasks/lxc_container_config.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 - name: Write default container config
   lineinfile:
     dest: "/var/lib/lxc/{{ inventory_hostname }}/config"
-    line: "{{ item }}"
+    line: "{{ item.split('=', 1)[0] }} = {{ item.split('=', 1)[1] }}"
     backup: "true"
   with_items: "{{ lxc_container_default_config_list | union(lxc_container_config_list) }}"
   delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
diff --git a/tests/test-containers-functional.yml b/tests/test-containers-functional.yml
index ed7e1e1..a85c86b 100644
--- a/tests/test-containers-functional.yml
+++ b/tests/test-containers-functional.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
           - lxc_container_list.stdout is search("container3\s+(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3},\s+)*10.100.100.4(,\s+\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})*\s+")
 
     - name: Check for the presence of the right app armor profile for container1
-      command: "grep \"^lxc.apparmor.profile={{ (hostvars[physical_host | default('localhost')]['ansible_distribution'] == 'Debian') | ternary('unconfined', 'lxc-openstack') }}$\" {{ item }}"
+      command: "grep \"^lxc.apparmor.profile = {{ (hostvars[physical_host | default('localhost')]['ansible_distribution'] == 'Debian') | ternary('unconfined', 'lxc-openstack') }}$\" {{ item }}"
       register: container_profile
       failed_when: container_profile.rc != 0
       with_sequence: start=1 end=3 format=/var/lib/lxc/container%x/config