diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index 986ba21f..9059bae3 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 - name: "Get SS API Key"
   shell: >
-    echo "select key from tastypie_apikey where id in (select id from auth_user where username = '{{ archivematica_src_configure_ss_user }}');"
+    echo "select \`key\` from tastypie_apikey where id in (select id from auth_user where username = '{{ archivematica_src_configure_ss_user }}');"
     | {{ archivematica_src_ss_virtualenv }}/bin/python manage.py dbshell
   args:
     chdir: "{{ archivematica_src_ss_app }}"