diff --git a/roles/nfs-server/tasks/startServer.yml b/roles/nfs-server/tasks/startServer.yml
index 7ac79c0fa9ad39b43463dc2a3c4f6e8b2f1e0304..a2e0cbea827fc4dcc251b05f997dcb75581d4d9e 100644
--- a/roles/nfs-server/tasks/startServer.yml
+++ b/roles/nfs-server/tasks/startServer.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,15 @@
   become: true
   when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"  and ansible_distribution_major_version == "7"
 
+- name: "Run exportfs"
+  command: /usr/sbin/exportfs -a
+  become: true
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+
 - name: "Start the Server"
   service: "name=nfs-kernel-server state=started enabled=true"
   become: true
   when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+
+
+