diff --git a/roles/debian-base/tasks/nrpe.yml b/roles/debian-base/tasks/nrpe.yml
index d5e98a1..b0aaf5e 100644
--- a/roles/debian-base/tasks/nrpe.yml
+++ b/roles/debian-base/tasks/nrpe.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: u=rw,g=r,o=r
+  notify: restart-nrpe
 - name: Create NRPE local configuration file
   file:
     path: /etc/nagios/nrpe.d/99-local.cfg
@@ -19,9 +20,3 @@
     mode: u=rw,g=r,o=
     modification_time: preserve
     access_time: preserve
-- name: Configure nrpe.cfg to bind ipv4
-  lineinfile:
-    path: /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg
-    regexp: '^#server_address=127.0.0.1'
-    line: 'server_address={{ ansible_default_ipv4.address }}'
-  notify: restart-nrpe
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/debian-base/templates/nrpe.cfg b/roles/debian-base/templates/nrpe.cfg
index 7efab1f..99329fd 100644
--- a/roles/debian-base/templates/nrpe.cfg
+++ b/roles/debian-base/templates/nrpe.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 allowed_hosts={{ nagios_server }}
+server_address={{ ansible_default_ipv4.address }}
 
 command[check_disk_root]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 10% -c 5% -p /
 command[check_disk_var]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 10% -c 5% -p /var