diff --git a/roles/abrt/retrace-local/tasks/retrace_setup.yml b/roles/abrt/retrace-local/tasks/retrace_setup.yml
index bab02341d5..7987b134dc 100644
--- a/roles/abrt/retrace-local/tasks/retrace_setup.yml
+++ b/roles/abrt/retrace-local/tasks/retrace_setup.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
 
+#long running tasks - run them in background - we do not actually care about the results
 - name: reposync for fedora
-  command: retrace-server-reposync fedora {{ item[0] }} {{ item[1] }}
+  command: nohup retrace-server-reposync fedora {{ item[0] }} {{ item[1] }} </dev/null >/tmp/ansible.reposync_for_fedora.log &
   with_nested:
     - "{{ rs_internal_fedora_vers }}"
     - "{{ rs_internal_arch_list }}"
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
   when: not devel
 
 - name: reposync for centos
-  command: retrace-server-reposync centos 7 x86_64
+  command: nohup retrace-server-reposync centos 7 x86_64 </dev/null >/tmp/ansible.reposync_for_centos.log &
   become: yes
   become_user: retrace
   tags: [rs_reposync, rs_fedora]