diff --git a/deploy_remote.yml b/deploy_remote.yml
index 94fd6bc..da48f09 100644
--- a/deploy_remote.yml
+++ b/deploy_remote.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
     - name: Verify that web and db services are running
       ansible.builtin.assert:
         that:
-          - "movie-db-web" in compose_output.services
-          - compose_output.services["movie-db-web"].state == "running"
-          - "movie-db-db" in compose_output.services
-          - compose_output.services["movie-db-db"].state == "running"
+          - '"movie-db-web" in compose_output.services'
+          - 'compose_output.services["movie-db-web"].state == "running"'
+          - '"movie-db-db" in compose_output.services'
+          - 'compose_output.services["movie-db-db"].state == "running"'