diff --git a/tasks/letsencrypt_cert.yml b/tasks/letsencrypt_cert.yml
index eb75355..1bea6a6 100644
--- a/tasks/letsencrypt_cert.yml
+++ b/tasks/letsencrypt_cert.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
       argv:
       - "/usr/local/bin/pdns.py"
       - "add_token"
+      - "--"
       - "{{ tokenfile.content | b64decode }}"
       - "{{ challenge.challenge_data[serverchallengepair.1]['dns-01'].record }}"
   - name: create cert renew config