diff --git a/ansible/idr-omero-readonly.yml b/ansible/idr-omero-readonly.yml
index a657e922..c0bc952f 100644
--- a/ansible/idr-omero-readonly.yml
+++ b/ansible/idr-omero-readonly.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
         {{ hostvars[groups[idr_environment | default('idr') +
         '-omeroreadwrite-hosts'][0]][
         'ansible_' +(idr_net_iface | default('eth0'))]['ipv4']['address'] }}
+  - name: Change the working directory to /tmp
+    ansible.builtin.shell:
+      cmd: ls -l | grep log
+      chdir: /tmp
 
   roles:
   # Use the same paths as on the omeorreadwrite server to reduce confusion