diff --git a/ansible/roles/generate-configs/tasks/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/generate-configs/tasks/main.yaml
index d4aadcaf6..538771a90 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/generate-configs/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/generate-configs/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 - name: Place docker-cleanup, ui config files
   template: src={{item.src}} dest={{item.dest}} owner=root group=root mode=0644
   with_items:
-    - {src: docker-cleanup/docker-gc-exclude.j2, dest: /etc/docker-gc/docker-gc-exclude }
-    - {src: docker-cleanup/docker-gc-exclude-containers.j2, dest: /etc/docker-gc/docker-gc-exclude-containers }
-    - {src: ui/de-application.yaml.j2, dest: /etc/iplant/de/de-application.yaml }
-    - {src: ui/de.properties.j2, dest: /etc/iplant/de/de.properties }
-    - {src: ui/nginx.conf.j2, dest: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf }
+    - {src: docker-cleanup/docker-gc-exclude.j2, dest: '{{local_cfg_dest}}/docker-gc/docker-gc-exclude' }
+    - {src: docker-cleanup/docker-gc-exclude-containers.j2, dest: '{{local_cfg_dest}}/docker-gc/docker-gc-exclude-containers' }
+    - {src: ui/de-application.yaml.j2, dest: '{{local_cfg_dest}}/iplant/de/de-application.yaml' }
+    - {src: ui/de.properties.j2, dest: '{{local_cfg_dest}}/iplant/de/de.properties' }
+    - {src: ui/nginx.conf.j2, dest: '{{local_cfg_dest}}/nginx/nginx.conf' }
   tags:
       - service_config