diff --git a/ad-auth/tasks/sssd.yml b/ad-auth/tasks/sssd.yml
index 03c309e82bb20c012a7758b74dbd2065ad4e9230..ce36186e5678b54c9ba0661055fb79680ec059c9 100644
--- a/ad-auth/tasks/sssd.yml
+++ b/ad-auth/tasks/sssd.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     - config
 
 - name: ensure sssd is enabled and running
-  service: name=sssd state=running enabled=yes
+  service: name=sssd state=started enabled=yes
   tags:
     - sssd
     - service
diff --git a/ad-server-replication/tasks/main.yml b/ad-server-replication/tasks/main.yml
index 9d2a9ae1edd5ee2026607d0d16db442f7981f5c3..b9ff74e3a40e775f578de1436f1ab05e74aa9927 100644
--- a/ad-server-replication/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ad-server-replication/tasks/main.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     - service
 
 - name: ensure samba-ad-dc is running and enabled
-  service: name=samba-ad-dc state=running enabled=yes
+  service: name=samba-ad-dc state=started enabled=yes
   tags: 
     - ad-server
     - service
diff --git a/ad-server/tasks/main.yml b/ad-server/tasks/main.yml
index 6b0b75953f07928aeb20d5f57e9f1ee8721f132d..432fe33786a8c92cfbafa00cdad64ba7d429203c 100644
--- a/ad-server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ad-server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     - service
 
 - name: ensure samba-ad-dc is running and enabled
-  service: name=samba-ad-dc state=running enabled=yes
+  service: name=samba-ad-dc state=started enabled=yes
   tags: 
     - ad-server
     - service
diff --git a/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml b/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml
index 9dbb1a3a009e10b5a568b79ecf36927b794da4e3..354ad233fdfac9b04dea542c0c3d4cf2842b3b2b 100644
--- a/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     - config
 
 - name: ensure nfs-common is enabled
-  service: name=nfs-client.target state=running enabled=yes
+  service: name=nfs-client.target state=started enabled=yes
   tags:
     - nfs-client
     - service
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         - config
 
     - name: ensure automounter is enabled
-      service: name=autofs state=running enabled=yes
+      service: name=autofs state=started enabled=yes
       tags:
         - nfs-client
         - service