diff --git a/planetstack/openstack_observer/ansible.py b/planetstack/openstack_observer/ansible.py
index 5eec7d9..cb84c96 100755
--- a/planetstack/openstack_observer/ansible.py
+++ b/planetstack/openstack_observer/ansible.py
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 import tempfile
 import os
 import json
+import pdb
+import string
+import random
 
 try:
     step_dir = Config().observer_steps_dir
+    sys_dir = Config().observer_sys_dir
 except:
     step_dir = '/opt/planetstack/observer/steps'
+    sys_dir = '/opt/opencloud'
 
 os_template_loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader( searchpath=step_dir)
 os_template_env = jinja2.Environment(loader=os_template_loader)
@@ -18,48 +23,63 @@
     print msg
 
     for l in lines:
-	magic_str = 'ok: [127.0.0.1] => '
-	magic_str2 = 'changed: [127.0.0.1] => '
+        magic_str = 'ok: [127.0.0.1] => '
+        magic_str2 = 'changed: [127.0.0.1] => '
         if (l.startswith(magic_str)):
-	    w = len(magic_str)
-	    str = l[w:]
-	    d = json.loads(str)
-	    results.append(d)
-	elif (l.startswith(magic_str2)):
-	    w = len(magic_str2)
-	    str = l[w:]
-	    d = json.loads(str)
-	    results.append(d)
+            w = len(magic_str)
+            str = l[w:]
+            d = json.loads(str)
+            results.append(d)
+        elif (l.startswith(magic_str2)):
+            w = len(magic_str2)
+            str = l[w:]
+            d = json.loads(str)
+            results.append(d)
 
 
     return results
-	    
-def run_template(name, opts):
+
+def id_generator(size=6, chars=string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits):
+    return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for _ in range(size))
+
+def run_template(name, opts,path=''):
     template = os_template_env.get_template(name)
     buffer = template.render(opts)
-    
-    f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w')
+
+    import pdb
+
+    #f = open('/tmp/obsans','w')
+    try:
+        objname = opts['ansible_tag']
+    except:
+        objname= id_generator()
+    os.system('mkdir -p %s'%'/'.join([sys_dir,path]))
+    fqp = '/'.join([sys_dir,path,objname])
+
+
+    f = open(fqp,'w')
     f.write(buffer)
     f.flush()
-    
-    run = os.popen('/opt/planetstack/observer/run_ansible '+f.name)
+
+    os.system('cp %s %s-backup'%(fqp,fqp))
+    run = os.popen('/opt/planetstack/observer/run_ansible '+fqp)
     msg = run.read()
     status = run.close()
 
     try:
-    	ok_results = parse_output(msg)
+        ok_results = parse_output(msg)
     except ValueError,e:
-	print str(e)
-	raise e
+        print str(e)
+        raise e
     return ok_results
 
 def main():
-	run_template('ansible/sync_user_deployments.yaml',{ "endpoint" : "http://172.31.38.128:5000/v2.0/",
-                 "name" : "Sapan Bhatia",
-                 "email": "gwsapan@gmail.com",
-                 "password": "foobar",
-                 "admin_user":"admin",
-                 "admin_password":"6a789bf69dd647e2",
-                 "admin_tenant":"admin",
- 		 "tenant":"demo",
-                 "roles":['user','admin'] })
+    run_template('ansible/sync_user_deployments.yaml',{ "endpoint" : "http://172.31.38.128:5000/v2.0/",
+             "name" : "Sapan Bhatia",
+             "email": "gwsapan@gmail.com",
+             "password": "foobar",
+             "admin_user":"admin",
+             "admin_password":"6a789bf69dd647e2",
+             "admin_tenant":"admin",
+             "tenant":"demo",
+             "roles":['user','admin'] })