diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 4dea749..2bc92b9 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # defaults file
 ---
-fail2ban_loglevel: "{{ 'INFO' if (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('16', '>=') or ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('9', '>=')) else 3 }}"
+fail2ban_loglevel: "{{ 'INFO' if (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('16', '>=') or ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('9', '>=')) else '3' }}"
 fail2ban_logtarget: /var/log/fail2ban.log
 fail2ban_syslog_target: /var/log/fail2ban.log
 fail2ban_syslog_facility: 1