diff --git a/roles/notifs/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/notifs/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 5781d5e087..19ad05a838 100644
--- a/roles/notifs/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/notifs/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -46,3 +46,16 @@
   tags:
   - notifs
   - notifs/backend
+
+- name: start the workers and the backend
+  service: name={{item}} enabled=yes state=running
+  when: env == "staging"
+  with_items:
+  - fmn-backend@1
+  - fmn-worker@1
+  - fmn-worker@2
+  - fmn-worker@3
+  - fmn-worker@4
+  tags:
+  - notifs
+  - notifs/backend