diff --git a/infra/station/chrony.yml b/infra/station/chrony.yml
index c68df9cd2fa045caffd10a7e0edc2bc9cad34e24..37dd49521877e1cfb15cc8b0a3165c3d6ac2e960 100644
--- a/infra/station/chrony.yml
+++ b/infra/station/chrony.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: setup chrony NTP server
   hosts: all
-  remote_user: root
+  #remote_user: root
   become: true
   become_user: root
   tasks:
@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@
       ansible.builtin.template:
         src: chrony/00-lofar.conf
         dest: /etc/chrony/conf.d/00-lofar.conf
+
+    - name: start chrony
+      ansible.builtin.service:
+        name: chrony
+        state: restarted
+        enabled: yes