diff --git a/templates/lsyncd.lua.j2 b/templates/lsyncd.lua.j2
index f3f05f7..5e580b4 100644
--- a/templates/lsyncd.lua.j2
+++ b/templates/lsyncd.lua.j2
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ sync {
     rsync,
     source = "{{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo",
     target = "{{ hostvars[node]['ansible_host'] }}:{{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo",
-    exclude = {{ repo_build_global_links_dirname }}",
+    exclude = "{{ repo_build_global_links_dirname }}",
     rsync = {
         compress = true,
         acls = true,