diff --git a/roles/slurm-start/templates/slurmd.service.j2 b/roles/slurm-start/templates/slurmd.service.j2
index 60d051dbaf8addbcae4747f43e78207281b28689..9c50009d5300783cef6a827fcd8ad0579428da4e 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-start/templates/slurmd.service.j2
+++ b/roles/slurm-start/templates/slurmd.service.j2
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Slurm node daemon
 After=network.target
-ConditionPathExists={{ slurm_dir }}/etc/slurm.conf
+#ConditionPathExists={{ slurm_dir }}/etc/slurm.conf
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 KillMode=process
 LimitMEMLOCK=infinity
 #EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/slurmd
-ExecStart={{ slurm_dir }}/sbin/slurmd $SLURMD_OPTIONS
+#ExecStart={{ slurm_dir }}/sbin/slurmd $SLURMD_OPTIONS
+ExecStart={{ slurm_dir }}/sbin/slurmd --conf-server {{ slurmctrl }}:6817
 PIDFile={{ slurmpiddir }}/slurmd.pid
 
 [Install]