diff --git a/tasks/docker-daemon-json.yml b/tasks/docker-daemon-json.yml
index 7e00515..dbc3246 100644
--- a/tasks/docker-daemon-json.yml
+++ b/tasks/docker-daemon-json.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Configure docker daemon.json file
   template:
-    src: '{{ docker_daemon_options | to_nice_json }}'
+    src: daemon.json.j2
     dest: /etc/docker/daemon.json
     mode: 0644
   notify: restart docker
diff --git a/templates/daemon.json.j2 b/templates/daemon.json.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c556ef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/daemon.json.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ docker_daemon_options | to_nice_json }}
\ No newline at end of file