diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index 325a90c..cffe056 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     msg: "{{ which_puppet }}"
 
 - name: Obtain path to puppet binary using whereis
-  shell: "whereis puppet | awk 'BEGIN {FS=\": \"} {print($2)}'"
+  shell: "whereis puppet | awk 'BEGIN {FS=\" \"} {print($2)}'"
   register: which_puppet
   when: which_puppet.stdout == ""