diff --git a/ckan/ckan/defaults/main.yml b/ckan/ckan/defaults/main.yml
index c6be1ab1..0674dd76 100644
--- a/ckan/ckan/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ckan/ckan/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ ckan_version: 2.5
 ckan_deb_file: 'python-ckan_{{ ckan_version }}-{{ ansible_distribution_release }}_amd64.deb'
 ckan_package_url: 'http://packaging.ckan.org/{{ ckan_deb_file }}'
 ckan_libdir: /usr/lib/ckan
+ckan_confdir: /etc/ckan/default
 ckan_virtenv: '{{ ckan_libdir }}/default'
 ckan_file_storage_dir: /var/lib/ckan/dev
-ckan_config_file: /etc/ckan/default/production.ini
+ckan_config_file: '{{ ckan_confdir }}/production.ini'
 ckan_webapp_port: 8080
 ckan_solr_port: 8983
 ckan_shell_user: ckan