diff --git a/roles/monitoring/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/monitoring/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e49c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/monitoring/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+monitoring_enabled: true
+monitoring_prometheus_node_exporter: true
diff --git a/roles/monitoring/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/monitoring/tasks/main.yaml
index e3831d0..461c150 100644
--- a/roles/monitoring/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/monitoring/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   tags: monitoring
 
 - name: Manage Prometheus node exporter
+  when: monitoring_prometheus_node_exporter | bool
+  tags: monitoring, prometheus
   block:
     - name: Install Prometheus node exporter
       ansible.builtin.apt:
@@ -18,5 +20,3 @@
         name: prometheus-node-exporter
         state: started
         enabled: true
-  when: monitoring_prometheus_node_exporter | bool
-  tags: monitoring, prometheus