diff --git a/roles/debian/nginx/tasks/main.yml b/roles/debian/nginx/tasks/main.yml
index afe537000..72fab6e10 100644
--- a/roles/debian/nginx/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/nginx/tasks/main.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
     state: directory
     mode: "0755"
 
+- name: Set nginx location behavior, fallback to default if no custom behavior is provided
+  set_fact:
+    nginx_location_behavior: "{{ nginx.custom_nginx_location_behavior | default(['try_files @rewrite /index.php?$query_string;']) }}"
+
 - name: Copy project type-specific configuration in place.
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: "{{ item }}.j2"
@@ -150,10 +154,6 @@
     - nginx.overrides is defined
     - nginx.overrides | length > 0
 
-- name: Set nginx location behavior, fallback to default if no custom behavior is provided
-  set_fact:
-    nginx_location_behavior: "{{ nginx.custom_nginx_location_behavior | default(['try_files @rewrite /index.php?$query_string;']) }}"
-
 - name: Test NGINX configuration.
   ansible.builtin.command: nginx -t
   register: _nginx_test_result
diff --git a/roles/debian/nginx/templates/drupal_common.j2 b/roles/debian/nginx/templates/drupal_common.j2
index eb2eca4b8..c8b64a644 100644
--- a/roles/debian/nginx/templates/drupal_common.j2
+++ b/roles/debian/nginx/templates/drupal_common.j2
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ location / {
     # @todo
     # limit_req zone=bots burst=5 nodelay;
 {% endif %}
-    {{ nginx.nginx_location_behavior | join("\n    ") }}
+    {{ nginx_location_behavior | join("\n    ") }}
 }
 
 ############ Blacklist block.