diff --git a/tasks/create_users_groups.yml b/tasks/create_users_groups.yml
index 707aecc38aa82126def0d5ff18cba22e3b0dd724..9162d9fc13c2f312534c706ca21c825917110ebc 100644
--- a/tasks/create_users_groups.yml
+++ b/tasks/create_users_groups.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.group:
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
     gid: "{{ item.gid | default(omit) }}"
-    state: "item.state | default('present') }}"
+    state: "{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
   loop: "{{ grouplist | flatten(levels=1) }}"
 
 - name: User in Gruppen einfügen und primäre Gruppe setzen