diff --git a/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml b/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml
index 5d6a6bc..4df5ea8 100644
--- a/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,19 +4,17 @@
 # Run tests to check that the single-node deployment has worked
 
 - name: Onboard ExampleService and instantiate a VM
-  command: ansible xos-1 -u ubuntu -m shell \
-    -a "cd ~/service-profile/cord-pod; make exampleservice"
+  command: chdir="{{ service_profile_repo_dest }}/{{ xos_configuration }}" bash -c "make exampleservice |& tee xos-make-exampleservice.out"
   tags:
-    - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
+    - skip_ansible_lint
 
 - name: Pause 60 seconds (work around bug in synchronizer)
   pause: seconds=60
 
 - name: Re-run 'make vtn' (work around bug in synchronizer)
-  command: ansible xos-1 -u ubuntu -m shell \
-    -a "cd ~/service-profile/cord-pod; make vtn"
+  command: chdir="{{ service_profile_repo_dest }}/{{ xos_configuration }}" bash -c "make vtn |& tee xos-makevtn3.out"
   tags:
-    - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
+    - skip_ansible_lint
 
 - name: Wait for ExampleService VM to come up
   shell: bash -c "source ~/admin-openrc.sh; nova list --all-tenants|grep 'exampleservice.*ACTIVE' > /dev/null"