diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/iptrunk_twamp/templates/juniper/twamp_client.j2 b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/iptrunk_twamp/templates/juniper/twamp_client.j2
index 2b4b1d120ebeb41a7b021f92d3da89b33ce06e8d..bb304d8eb7f7ed0343c7cc7664f99453ac1371f7 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/iptrunk_twamp/templates/juniper/twamp_client.j2
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/iptrunk_twamp/templates/juniper/twamp_client.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ services {
   rpm {
     twamp {
       client {
-replace: control-connection "{{ local_side_short_name }}--{{ remote_side_short_name }}"
+replace: control-connection "{{ local_side_short_name }}--{{ remote_side_short_name }}" {
           destination-port {{ juniper_twamp_client.destination_port }};
           history-size {{ juniper_twamp_client.history_size }};
           target-address {{ remote_side_address }};