diff --git a/roles/ansible_pull/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/ansible_pull/tasks/main.yaml
index 0d2b1d3b..cc754ca5 100644
--- a/roles/ansible_pull/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/ansible_pull/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -36,14 +36,16 @@
     - ansible-pull-successful-run-timestamp-exporter
     - ansible-pull-reboot
 
-- name: ensure ansible-pull-failure-notify script installation exists
+- name: ensure templated helper script installations exists
   ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: ansible-pull-failure-notify.sh.j2
-    dest: /usr/local/sbin/ansible-pull-failure-notify.sh
+    src: "{{ item }}.sh.j2"
+    dest: "/usr/local/sbin/{{ item }}"
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: "0755"
   become: true
+  loop:
+    - ansible-pull-failure-notify
 
 - name: ensure secrets directory exists
   ansible.builtin.file:
diff --git a/roles/ansible_pull/templates/ansible-pull-failure-notify.service.j2 b/roles/ansible_pull/templates/ansible-pull-failure-notify.service.j2
index fa5d471d..30d90091 100644
--- a/roles/ansible_pull/templates/ansible-pull-failure-notify.service.j2
+++ b/roles/ansible_pull/templates/ansible-pull-failure-notify.service.j2
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ Description=ansible-pull failure notifier
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/ansible-pull-failure-notify.sh
+ExecStart=ansible-pull-failure-notify
 User=root