diff --git a/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml b/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml
index 8d3ca751b9d705354cac0555d731aad7fe0af437..71031d13071cd81cfc34a6bf1e6ae1930ac1016f 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   # Documentation: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/journald.conf.html
   - name: configure journald
     blockinfile:
-      path: "/etc/systemd/journald.conf"
+      path: "/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/persistence.conf"
       owner: "root"
       group: "root"
       mode: "0644"