diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index bd291d1..d7ac52b 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- name: Configure Papertrail service
-  service:
-    name: "{{ papertrail_service_name }}"
-    state: "{{ papertrail_service_state }}"
-
 - name: Configure Papertrail
   template:
     src: log_files.yml.j2
@@ -15,3 +10,8 @@
     force: true
   notify: restart papertrail
   when: papertrail_managed_conf_file and papertrail_destination_host | length
+
+- name: Configure Papertrail service
+  service:
+    name: "{{ papertrail_service_name }}"
+    state: "{{ papertrail_service_state }}"