diff --git a/gateway/initial_gw_setup.yml b/gateway/initial_gw_setup.yml
index dc8596f4c489c0e5509949793e5b45eb696e0328..49c8690ccc803c7b390b06883993d066b37ca8f0 100644
--- a/gateway/initial_gw_setup.yml
+++ b/gateway/initial_gw_setup.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
       tags: config
     - name: Copy routing table if non-existing
       ansible.builtin.copy:
+        remote_src: true
         src: /usr/share/iproute2/rt_tables
         dest: /etc/iptables2/rt_tables
         force: false