diff --git a/roles/web_server/defaults/main.yml b/roles/web_server/defaults/main.yml
index 6581ec34a57a83f54fbeeef6f86475033d53f810..88ca28d2bc354b97d9c4e2e322cf9f37fafb8ca4 100644
--- a/roles/web_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/web_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 
 default_enforce_https: True
-default_https_tls_key: "{{ tls_private_key_dir }}/{{ ansible_fqdn }}_https.key"
-default_https_tls_certificate: "{{ tls_certificate_dir }}/{{ ansible_fqdn }}_https.pem"
+default_https_tls_certificate: "{{ lookup('file', tls_certificate_dir + '/' + ansible_fqdn + '_https.pem') }}"
+default_https_tls_key: "{{ lookup('file', tls_private_key_dir + '/' + ansible_fqdn + '_https.key') }}"
 web_default_title: "Welcome"
 web_default_message: "You are attempting to access the web server using a wrong name or an IP address. Please check your URL."