diff --git a/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/main.yml
index ded3f79..a68abee 100644
--- a/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
     - name: Dnsmasq installed
       package: name=dnsmasq
 
-    - name: Ensure that the dnsmasq user exist
-      user: name=dnsmasq groups=nogroup append=yes state=present
-
     - name: The dnsmasq directory created
       file: dest=/var/lib/dnsmasq state=directory mode=0755 owner=dnsmasq group=nogroup
 
diff --git a/roles/dns_adblocking/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2 b/roles/dns_adblocking/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2
index 501f756..135aeb1 100644
--- a/roles/dns_adblocking/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/dns_adblocking/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ server={{ host }}
 
 # If you want dnsmasq to change uid and gid to something other
 # than the default, edit the following lines.
-user=nobody
+user=dnsmasq
 group=nogroup
 
 # If you want dnsmasq to listen for DHCP and DNS requests only on