diff --git a/roles/mote/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mote/tasks/main.yml
index 9c1615e08b..1f5b3f5a68 100644
--- a/roles/mote/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mote/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
   - restart apache
 
 - name: start mote-updater service
-  service: name={{ item }} state=started
-  with_items:
-  - mote-updater
+  service: name=mote-updater state=started enabled=yes
   tags:
   - services
   - mote