diff --git a/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml b/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml
index 817b4e1..3866e8d 100644
--- a/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml
+++ b/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #   become_user: "{{ privileged_user }}"
 
 - name: "Enable boot-start Splunk via cli"
-  shell: "/opt/splunk/bin/splunk enable boot-start"
+  shell: "/opt/splunk/bin/splunk enable boot-start -user splunk -systemd-managed 1"
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ privileged_user }}"