diff --git a/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml b/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml
index 88051d0..8f448e9 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml
@@ -2,19 +2,13 @@
 
 - name: Copy systemd service to renew Let's Encrypt certs
   template: src=renew-letsencrypt.service.j2 dest=/etc/systemd/system/renew-letsencrypt.service mode=0644 owner=root group=root
-  register: letsencrypt_service
 
 - name: Copy systemd timer to renew Let's Encrypt certs
   copy: src=renew-letsencrypt.timer dest=/etc/systemd/system/renew-letsencrypt.timer mode=0644 owner=root group=root
-  register: letsencrypt_timer
-
-# need to reload to pick up service/timer changes
-- name: Reload systemd daemon
-  command: /bin/systemctl daemon-reload
-  when: letsencrypt_service|changed or letsencrypt_timer|changed
 
+# always issues daemon-reload just in case the server/timer changed
 - name: Start and enable systemd timer to renew Let's Encrypt certs
-  service: name=renew-letsencrypt.timer state=started enabled=yes
+  systemd: name=renew-letsencrypt.timer state=started enabled=yes daemon_reload=yes
 
 - name: Download certbot
   get_url: dest={{ letsencrypt_certbot_dest }} url=https://dl.eff.org/certbot-auto mode=700