diff --git a/roles/pips/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pips/tasks/main.yml
index d37bf47..a572d9a 100644
--- a/roles/pips/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pips/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 - name: Ensure python requirements file is present
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     src: requirements.txt
-    dest: "{{ app_dir }}/requirements.txt"
+    dest: "{{ ansible_workdir }}/requirements.txt"
     mode: '0644'
     owner: root
     group: root
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 - name: Install specified python requirements
   ansible.builtin.pip:
-    requirements: "{{ app_dir }}/requirements.txt"
+    requirements: "{{ ansible_workdir }}/requirements.txt"
   when: app_dir.stat.exists == true and python_requirements is defined
 
 - name: Include extra Nagios/NRPE task logic