diff --git a/playbooks/provision.yml b/playbooks/provision.yml
index 8931d3e42..8a2e8bb51 100644
--- a/playbooks/provision.yml
+++ b/playbooks/provision.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
       become_user: root
       tags: redis
 
+    - role: enable_redis
+      tags: enable_redis
+
     - role: sidekiq
       tags: sidekiq
 
diff --git a/roles/common/handlers/main.yml b/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ebe6b8c6..000000000
--- a/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-
-- name: restart redis
-  service:
-    name: redis-server
-    state: restarted
-  become: yes
diff --git a/roles/enable_redis/tasks/main.yml b/roles/enable_redis/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d70d43081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/enable_redis/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+
+# According to the docs Redis should be started automatically :
+#   https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/install/install-redis/install-redis-on-linux/#install-on-ubuntudebian
+# But in reality the default instance is not always enabled so we do it manually
+- name: Enable default redis instance
+  service:
+    name: redis-server
+    state: started
+    enabled: true 
+  become: true