diff --git a/roles/fetch-javascript-content-tarball/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/fetch-javascript-content-tarball/tasks/main.yaml
index cc2e69aae..8a9152f52 100644
--- a/roles/fetch-javascript-content-tarball/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/fetch-javascript-content-tarball/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - name: Create tarball
-  shell: "tar czf {{ zuul_work_dir }}/build.tgz *"
+  shell: "tar czf {{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul_work_dir }}/build.tgz *"
   args:
     chdir: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}/{{ create_tarball_directory }}"
   when: create_tarball_directory is defined