diff --git a/ansible/templates/google_symptoms-params-prod.json.j2 b/ansible/templates/google_symptoms-params-prod.json.j2
index 75d328a10..231307e5b 100644
--- a/ansible/templates/google_symptoms-params-prod.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/templates/google_symptoms-params-prod.json.j2
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   "validation": {
     "common": {
       "data_source": "google-symptoms",
+      "validation_failure_dir": "./validation_failures",
       "span_length": 14,
       "min_expected_lag": {"all": "3"},
       "max_expected_lag": {"all": "4"},
diff --git a/google_symptoms/params.json.template b/google_symptoms/params.json.template
index 13e954b43..7a22c6d23 100644
--- a/google_symptoms/params.json.template
+++ b/google_symptoms/params.json.template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "validation": {
     "common": {
       "data_source": "google-symptoms",
+      "validation_failure_dir": "./validation_failures",
       "span_length": 14,
       "min_expected_lag": {"all": "3"},
       "max_expected_lag": {"all": "4"},