diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 1239ff648ed2f25616c149465dc242bb58632cb7..a9e43fcb1983eb6cfee8fc277e059d2c9d767161 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     - name: Enabling timers
       systemd:
         name: "{{ item.key }}.timer"
+        state: started
         enabled: true
         masked: false
         scope: "{{ systemd_scope | default('system') }}"