diff --git a/ubuntu/roles/php/tasks/main.yml b/ubuntu/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
index 0dd9cf9..2f6c09f 100644
--- a/ubuntu/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ubuntu/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
 - name: Install php-fpm
   apt: pkg=php-fpm state=latest
-- name: Stop the php-fpm daemon for now and ensure it starts on boot
-  service: name=php7.0-fpm state=stopped enabled=yes
+- name: Start PHP-FPM daemon, and make sure it is started on boot
+  service: name=php7.0-fpm state=started enabled=yes