diff --git a/roles/cobald/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cobald/tasks/main.yml
index 33fc7e5..cc77ccd 100644
--- a/roles/cobald/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cobald/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@
     slurm_image_prefix: cobald
     image_name: "{{cobald_image_tag}}"
     dockerfile: "{{ lookup('template', 'cobald.Dockerfile') }}"
-    files:
-    - dest: cobald-entrypoint.sh
-      content: "{{ lookup('file', 'cobald-entrypoint.sh') }}"
-    - dest: init-cobaldmodules.sh
-      content: "{{ lookup('file', 'init-cobaldmodules.sh') }}"
-    - dest: start-drone
-      content: "{{ lookup('file', 'start-drone') }}"
-    - dest: 28-sync-container-slurmd
-      content: "{{ lookup('file', '28-sync-container-slurmd') }}"
+    files_list:
+    - cobald-entrypoint.sh
+    - init-cobaldmodules.sh
+    - start-drone
+    - 28-sync-container-slurmd
+    files: "
+      {%- set files = [] -%} {%- for i in files_list -%}
+        {%- set files = files.append(
+          { 'dest': i, 'content': lookup('file', i) }) -%}
+        {%- endfor %}{{ files }}"
   when: cobald_slurm | default(False)
 
 - name: build generic cobald docker image