diff --git a/roles/telegraf/files/telegraf_slurmstats.py b/roles/telegraf/files/telegraf_slurmstats.py
index 2f57b3adb4fca1e262ffc4f30b2814f13e5e5ab0..7fdf895cef43afdb0e6b3ec37aa665e850bbd918 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/files/telegraf_slurmstats.py
+++ b/roles/telegraf/files/telegraf_slurmstats.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def print_stats(stats):
 
 def get_stats():
     import subprocess
-    p = subprocess.Popen(['/opt/slurm-20.02.7/bin/sdiag'],stdout = subprocess.PIPE,stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    p = subprocess.Popen(['/opt/slurm-latest/bin/sdiag'],stdout = subprocess.PIPE,stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     (stdout,stderr) = p.communicate()
     for l in stdout.decode().splitlines():
         if "Total backfilled jobs (since last stats cycle start):" in l:
diff --git a/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml b/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
index 39bce93940d3644c881feeeae73f2b75840b4695..76fb855966924cb073ab5af2ec83b961cbdd32b1 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
   become: true
   become_user: root
 
+- name: check if slurm is on the system
+  stat:
+    path: '/opt/slurm-latest/bin/sdiag'
+  register: checkslurmexists
+
 - name: copy slurmstats plugin
   copy:
     mode: 'u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx'
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@
     dest: '/opt/telegraf/bin/telegraf_slurmstats.py'
   become: true
   become_user: root
+  when: checkslurmexists.stat.exists
 
 - name: copy softnet_stat script
   copy: