diff --git a/roles/oauth2proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/oauth2proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 6a1cbcf..f454814 100644
--- a/roles/oauth2proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/oauth2proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
       - "{{ data_folder }}/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy.cfg:/etc/oauth2-proxy.cfg"
     ports:
       - "4180:4180"
+    state: started
+    restart: yes
 - name: copy oauth2-proxy nginx config
   template:
     src: oauth2-proxy.conf.j2