diff --git a/roles/privatebin/tasks/main.yml b/roles/privatebin/tasks/main.yml
index 68a22ff..951acdc 100644
--- a/roles/privatebin/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/privatebin/tasks/main.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 
 - name: configure privatebin
   template:
-    src: templates/conf.ini.j2
-    dest: /etc/webapps/privatebin/conf.ini
+    src: templates/conf.php.j2
+    dest: /etc/webapps/privatebin/conf.php
     group: http
     mode: 0640
 
diff --git a/roles/privatebin/templates/conf.ini.j2 b/roles/privatebin/templates/conf.php.j2
similarity index 90%
rename from roles/privatebin/templates/conf.ini.j2
rename to roles/privatebin/templates/conf.php.j2
index 359a6c4..bc3c2b0 100644
--- a/roles/privatebin/templates/conf.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/privatebin/templates/conf.php.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+;<?php http_response_code(403); /*
 ; The home-server project produces a multi-purpose setup using Ansible.
 ; Copyright © 2018 Y. Gablin, under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.
 ; Full licensing information in the LICENSE file, or gnu.org/licences/gpl-3.0.txt if the file is missing.
@@ -35,15 +36,15 @@ markdown = "Markdown"
 
 [traffic]
 limit = 10
-dir = PATH "/var/lib/privatebin"
+dir = "/var/lib/privatebin"
 
 [purge]
 limit = {{privatebin_purge_delay}}
 batchsize = 10
-dir = PATH "/var/lib/privatebin"
+dir = "/var/lib/privatebin"
 
 [model]
 class = Filesystem
 
 [model_options]
-dir = PATH "/var/lib/privatebin"
+dir = "/var/lib/privatebin"