diff --git a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service.j2 b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service.j2
index 2ebeb5a75..4407efddc 100644
--- a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service.j2
+++ b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 Type=simple
 User=mongodb
 Group=mongodb
-#ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mongod --repair --dbpath {{ mongodb_db_path }}
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mongod --repair --dbpath {{ mongodb_db_path }}
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod -f {{ mongodb_conf }}
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/killall mongod