diff --git a/roles/ceph-restapi/tasks/start_restapi.yml b/roles/ceph-restapi/tasks/start_restapi.yml
index 4eef1d65e..357c5d7a2 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-restapi/tasks/start_restapi.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-restapi/tasks/start_restapi.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
   register: restapi_status
 
 - name: start ceph rest api
-  shell: "nohup ceph-rest-api &"
+  shell: "nohup ceph-rest-api --conf /etc/ceph/{{ cluster }}.conf &"
   changed_when: false
   when: restapi_status.rc != 0