diff --git a/tasks/prelim.yml b/tasks/prelim.yml
index ced76ce..0081cc6 100644
--- a/tasks/prelim.yml
+++ b/tasks/prelim.yml
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@
   tags: always
   ansible.builtin.shell: grep ^log_file /etc/audit/auditd.conf | awk '{ print $NF }'
   changed_when: false
+  check_mode: false
   register: prelim_auditd_logfile
 
 - name: "PRELIM | AUDIT | Audit conf and rules files | list files"