diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index aa0abe9..33316f4 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         - "{{ ansible_os_family }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml"
         - "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
 
-- name: add hashicorp repo
+- name: Add hashicorp repo
   get_url:
     url: "https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/RHEL/hashicorp.repo"
     dest: '/etc/yum.repos.d/hashicorp.repo'
@@ -15,28 +15,35 @@
     mode: 0644
   when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
 
-- name: install package
+- name: Install package
   package:
     name: "{{ nomad_os_package }}"
     state: present
 
-- name: create folder
+- name: Create folder
   file:
     state: directory
     mode: 0755
-    path: "{{nomad_data_dir }}"
+    path: "{{ nomad_data_dir }}"
 
-- name: apply config template
+
+- name: Apply config template
+  notify: restart nomad
   block:
-    - name: server template
+    - name: Server template
       template:
         src: config.hcl.j2
         dest: /etc/nomad.d/defaults.hcl
         mode: 0400
-  notify: restart nomad
+    - name: Empty nomad.hcl
+      template:
+        src: empty.j2
+        dest: /etc/nomad.d/nomad.hcl
+        mode: 0400
+      when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
 
-- name: ensure service is started
+- name: Ensure service is started
   systemd:
     name: "{{ nomad_os_service }}"
     state: started
-    enabled: True
+    enabled: true
diff --git a/templates/empty.j2 b/templates/empty.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29