diff --git a/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml
index f71f569ace766c1b04b57717a0f149c91320b64f..3f7ba6f297828cc493784d9f632c20e5923f7966 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurm-start/tasks/main.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 - name: "create cluster in slurm db"
   shell:  "{{slurm_dir}}/bin/sacctmgr -i create cluster {{ clustername }}"
   sudo: true
+  ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: start slurmctl
   service: name=slurmctld state=started enabled=yes