diff --git a/tasks/syslog/config.yaml b/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
index 45780c1..5c9c79e 100644
--- a/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
+++ b/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     # configure rsyslogd
     - name: "syslog - config - remote-logging"
       ansible.builtin.template:
-        src: "templates/syslog/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.conf"
+        src: "templates/syslog/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.conf.j2"
         dest: "/etc/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.conf"
         owner: "root"
         group: "root"
diff --git a/templates/syslog/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.j2 b/templates/syslog/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.conf.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/syslog/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.j2
rename to templates/syslog/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.conf.j2