diff --git a/ansible/idr-01-install-idr.yml b/ansible/idr-01-install-idr.yml
index 5ec96229..fb8431af 100644
--- a/ansible/idr-01-install-idr.yml
+++ b/ansible/idr-01-install-idr.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 
 - import_playbook: idr-omero.yml
 
+- import_playbook: idr-omero-readonly.yml
+
 - import_playbook: idr-omero-web.yml
 
-- import_playbook: idr-omero-readonly.yml
 
   tags:
   # Requires NFS shares which can't be configured in Docker
diff --git a/ansible/idr-omero-readonly.yml b/ansible/idr-omero-readonly.yml
index af86d8fd..479d0563 100644
--- a/ansible/idr-omero-readonly.yml
+++ b/ansible/idr-omero-readonly.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,18 @@
   - name: Display nfs-server status
     command: systemctl enable --now nfs-server
     register: command_output
+
+  - name: enable nfs
+    become: true
+    service:
+      enabled: true
+      name: nfs-server
+      state: started
+
   - name: Display nfs-server status
     command: ls -ld  /data/OMERO
     register: command_output1
+
   - name: Display nfs-server status
     command: ls -ld /data/BioFormatsCache
     register: command_output2