diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
index 836281a..0db09c7 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   docker_container:
     name: "{{ gitea_dbname }}"
     image: mariadb:{{ gitea_dbversion }}
+    state: started
     restart_policy: always
     volumes: "{{ gitea_dbroot }}:/var/lib/mysql"
     networks_cli_compatible: true
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
   docker_container:
     name: "{{ gitea_name }}"
     image: gitea/gitea:{{ gitea_version }}
+    state: started
     restart_policy: always
     networks_cli_compatible: true
     networks:
diff --git a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
index 646fe5a..fd9f870 100644
--- a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   docker_container:
     name: "{{ nextcloud_dbcontainer }}"
     image: mariadb:{{ nextcloud_dbversion }}
+    state: started
     restart_policy: always
     volumes: "{{ nextcloud_dbroot }}:/var/lib/mysql"
     networks_cli_compatible: true
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
   docker_container:
     name: "{{ nextcloud_container }}"
     image: nextcloud:{{ nextcloud_version }}
+    state: started
     restart_policy: always
     volumes: "{{ nextcloud_root }}:/var/www/html"
     networks_cli_compatible: true
diff --git a/roles/prometheus/tasks/main.yml b/roles/prometheus/tasks/main.yml
index ceb56de..45cf189 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus/tasks/main.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
   docker_container:
     name: "{{ grafana_name }}"
     image: grafana/grafana:{{ grafana_version }}
+    state: started
+    restart_policy: always
     networks_cli_compatible: true
     networks:
       - name: "{{ prom_name }}"