diff --git a/ansible/roles/brozzler-worker/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/brozzler-worker/tasks/main.yml
index 219399ad..04a9c42b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/brozzler-worker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/brozzler-worker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   file: path={{venv_root}}/websockify-ve3 state=directory owner={{user}}
  
 #get python3 version for checks below 
-- shell: "python --version"
+- shell: "python3 --version"
   register: python_installed
   
  #websockify's dependency numpy's latest version no longer supports 3.5
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 6ff90a27..4cc1e848 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@
   user: name={{user}} system=yes createhome=no home=/nonexistent
         shell=/usr/sbin/nologin
   become: true
-  when: id_user|failed
+  when: id_user is failed