diff --git a/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml b/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml
index 979d07e888cb26caed1449b6de08b83bbaaea708..afc44e0cc2e57bb1291ff107dea74ec2ff805842 100644
--- a/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ static_locations: []
 use_paste: False
 virtualenv_packages: []
 admin: "web-{{ fqdn | replace('.', '_') }}"
-https_tls_certificate: "{{ tls_certificate_dir }}/{{ fqdn }}_https.pem"
-https_tls_key: "{{ tls_private_key_dir }}/{{ fqdn }}_https.key"
+https_tls_certificate: "{{ lookup('file', tls_certificate_dir + '/' + fqdn + '_https.pem') }}"
+https_tls_key: "{{ lookup('file', tls_private_key_dir + '/' + fqdn + '_https.key') }}"