diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/tasks/main.yml b/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/tasks/main.yml
index b6df968ed7..7b442aa3bc 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/tasks/main.yml
@@ -113,4 +113,5 @@
     src: "receptor-worker.conf.j2"
     dest: "{{ sources_dest }}/receptor/receptor-worker-{{ item }}.conf"
     mode: '0600'
-  with_sequence: start=1 end={{ execution_node_count }}
+  with_sequence: start=1 end={{ execution_node_count if execution_node_count | int > 0 else 1}}
+  when: execution_node_count | int > 0