diff --git a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
index 42cd45cb1..c74bbca11 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 - name: Insure that apache2 is not running -- we may need port swap
   systemd:
     name: apache2
-    enabled: False
     state: stopped
 
 # optional services
@@ -91,6 +90,7 @@
   systemd:
     name: apache2
     state: restarted
+    enabled: true
     daemon_reload: yes
   when: apache_enabled | bool