diff --git a/smartgears/gcube-oauth/tasks/main.yml b/smartgears/gcube-oauth/tasks/main.yml
index 6d21b33..94b4907 100644
--- a/smartgears/gcube-oauth/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/gcube-oauth/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       with_items:
         - '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/gcube-{{ gcube_oauth_name }}'
         - '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/gcube-{{ gcube_oauth_name }}.{{ gcube_oauth_extension }}'
+      notify: Restart smartgears
 
   become: True
   become_user: '{{ d4science_user }}'
@@ -14,6 +15,12 @@
 - block:
     - name: Get the gcube-oauth war
       maven_artifact: artifact_id={{ gcube_oauth_name }} version={{ gcube_oauth_version | default(omit) }} group_id={{ gcube_oauth_group_id }} extension={{ gcube_oauth_extension | default('war') }} repository_url={{ smartgears_global_base_url }} dest={{ smartgears_downloads_dir }}/{{ gcube_oauth_file }}
+      register: gcube_oauth_download
+
+    - name: Remove the old gcube oauth files
+      file: path={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/gcube-{{ gcube_oauth_name }}  state=absent
+      when: ( gcube_oauth_download | changed )
+      notify: Restart smartgears
   
     - name: Copy the gcube_oauth war into the webapps directory
       copy: src={{ smartgears_downloads_dir }}/{{ gcube_oauth_file }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/gcube-{{ gcube_oauth_name }}.{{ gcube_oauth_extension }} remote_src=yes force=yes