diff --git a/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml b/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml
index 2f7e37e..474c407 100644
--- a/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml
+++ b/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
   become_user: "{{ privileged_user }}"
 
 - name: "Start Splunk via cli"
-  command: "{{ splunk_exec }} start"
+  #command: "{{ splunk_exec }} start"
   #command: "systemctl start Splunkd"
+  shell: "/opt/splunk/bin/splunk start"
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ privileged_user }}"
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