diff --git a/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
index 0642df0..3416a18 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -60,12 +60,8 @@
         owner: root
         group: root
 
-- name: give the galera master node some time to Initialize
-  pause:
-    minutes: 1
-  when: ansible_hostname != hostname_node0
-
-- command: systemctl daemon-reload
+- name: Give the master node some time to initialize the cluster.
+  command: bash -c "sleep 60 && systemctl daemon-reload"
 
 - name: make sure service is started
   systemd: