diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml
index 1ea147889e..fb3ea0b8ad 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     owner=fedmsg
     group=nrpe
     state=file
+  ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: enable on boot and start fedmsg-gateway
   service: name=fedmsg-gateway state=started enabled=true
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
index 5f7be5f7c3..66db42b64b 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     owner=fedmsg
     group=nrpe
     state=file
+  ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: fedmsg-hub service
   service: name=fedmsg-hub state=started enabled=yes
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml
index 489a3a0d96..59f61b2166 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     owner=fedmsg
     group=nrpe
     state=file
+  ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: enable on boot and start fedmsg-irc
   service: name=fedmsg-irc state=started enabled=true
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/relay/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/relay/tasks/main.yml
index 2ec31f583b..e8f5d4bf1b 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/relay/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/relay/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     owner=fedmsg
     group=nrpe
     state=file
+  ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: enable on boot and start fedmsg-relay
   service: name=fedmsg-relay state=started enabled=true