diff --git a/client/tasks/kde.yml b/client/tasks/kde.yml
index e1e8f8ac97da07249fa33e68236a82f0c33195de..c4f828ef4877f6b1865a2a6a5f6fa681dfdb02c0 100644
--- a/client/tasks/kde.yml
+++ b/client/tasks/kde.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     - udisks2
     - upower
     - sddm
+    - sddm-theme-breeze
     - xserver-xorg
   tags:
     - packages
@@ -79,18 +80,16 @@
 - name: ensure kde nepomuk is disabled
   file: path=/usr/share/autostart/nepomukserver.desktop state=absent
   
-  - name: ensure we got a properly configured sddm
+- name: ensure we got a properly configured sddm
   copy: src=sddm.conf dest=/etc/sddm.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
-#
+  notify: restart sddm 
+
 #- name: ensure deployment of a nice kdm theme
 #  copy: src=kdm/fsmpi_theme/ dest=/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/fsmpi owner=root group=root mode=0644
 #
 - name: ensure sddm is running
-  service: name=sddm state=running
+  service: name=sddm state=started enabled=yes
   
-- name: ensure sddm is enabled
-  service: name=sddm state=enabled
-#
 #- name: ensure deployment of kde provisioning
 #  copy: src=kde/ dest=/etc/kde4 owner=root group=root mode=0644