diff --git a/tasks/kerberos.yml b/tasks/kerberos.yml
index 57f6f90..2d6f3b2 100644
--- a/tasks/kerberos.yml
+++ b/tasks/kerberos.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 - name: Extract absolute krb5.conf path from provision output
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     krb5_conf_path: >-
-      {{ (samba_provision_output.stdout
-          | regex_search('(/[^\\s]+/krb5\\.conf)', '\\1')
+      {{ (your_string_variable
+          | regex_search(r'(/\S*krb5\.conf)', '\\1')
           | default([])    # ensures a list even if no match
-          | first          # safely takes the first match
+          | first          # safely take the first match
         ) | default('', true) }}
   when: samba_provision_output.stdout is defined