diff --git a/ansible/roles/vmtp/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/vmtp/tasks/config.yml
index 3b7b75ab1f..b72fb2a78e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/vmtp/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/vmtp/tasks/config.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       - "{{ role_path }}/templates/{{ item }}.j2"
       - "{{ node_custom_config }}/{{ item }}"
       - "{{ node_custom_config }}/vmtp/{{ item }}"
-    dest: "{{ python_path }}/vmtp/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/vmtp/{{ item }}"
     mode: "0660"
   become: true
   register: vmtp_confs