diff --git a/library/dbscripts_mkdirs.py b/library/dbscripts_mkdirs.py
index a9bbc45b..ff5d8d4b 100644
--- a/library/dbscripts_mkdirs.py
+++ b/library/dbscripts_mkdirs.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def main():
 
             if os.path.exists(path):
                 stat = os.stat(path)
-                dirmode = oct(stat.st_mode & 0777)
+                dirmode = oct(stat.st_mode & 0o777)
                 diruid = stat.st_uid
                 dirgid = stat.st_gid
                 permissions_incorrect = diruid != uid or dirgid != gid
diff --git a/roles/dbscripts/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dbscripts/tasks/main.yml
index a80e1b88..c14416ff 100644
--- a/roles/dbscripts/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dbscripts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     pathtmpl: '/home/{user}/staging/{dirname}'
     permissions: 755
     directories: ['', 'core', 'extra', 'testing', 'staging', 'community', 'community-staging', 'community-testing',  'multilib', 'multilib-staging', 'multilib-testing']
-    users: "{{arch_users.keys()}}"
+    users: "{{arch_users.keys() | list}}"
     group: users
   tags: ["archusers"]