diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/users/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/users/tasks/main.yml
index 0d5da91..92cda5d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/users/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/users/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     line: "{{ item.line }}"
     state: "{{ item.state }}"
   loop:
-  - { regex: '$#PasswordAuthentication', line: 'PasswordAuthentication no', state: present}
-  - { regex: '$PasswordAuthentication yes', line: 'PasswordAuthentication yes', state: absent}
+  - { regex: '^#PasswordAuthentication', line: 'PasswordAuthentication no', state: present}
+  - { regex: '^PasswordAuthentication yes', line: 'PasswordAuthentication yes', state: absent}
 - name: Delete 'ubuntu' user
   ansible.builtin.user:
     name: ubuntu