diff --git a/tasks/shinyproxy_docker_stack_service.yml b/tasks/shinyproxy_docker_stack_service.yml
index a7b341e..1545d1d 100644
--- a/tasks/shinyproxy_docker_stack_service.yml
+++ b/tasks/shinyproxy_docker_stack_service.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
         - Stop the shinyproxy service
         - Create the secret for the application.yml file
 
+    - name: shinyproxy_docker_stack_service | Flush the handlers so that we can manage the configuration file as a secret
+      ansible.builtin.meta: flush-handlers
+
     - name: shinyproxy_docker_stack_service | Start the shinyproxy stack
       community.docker.docker_stack:
         name: '{{ shinyproxy_as_docker_stack_name }}'