Ansible's template module won't copy binary files

roles/calibre/tasks/main.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 # - run testing branch for Ubuntu 16.04: scripts/calibre-install-latest.sh
 # - run unstable branch for Debian etc: scripts/calibre-install-unstable.sh
 
-- name: Create calibre-serve.service, calibre.conf, users.sqlite
+- name: Create calibre-serve.service and calibre.conf
   template:
     src: "{{ item.src }}"
     dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@
   with_items:
     - { src: 'calibre-serve.service.j2', dest: '/etc/systemd/system/calibre-serve.service', mode: '0644'}
     - { src: 'calibre.conf', dest: '/etc/{{ apache_config_dir }}', mode: '0644'}
-    - { src: 'users.sqlite', dest: '{{ calibre_userdb }}', mode: '0644'}
+
+- name: Copy template userdb to /library/calibre/users.sqlite
+  copy:
+    src: /opt/iiab/iiab/roles/calibre/templates/users.sqlite
+    dest: "{{ calibre_userdb }}"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
 
 - name: Force systemd to reread configs
   systemd: