diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 4a3f3c4..839209c 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,12 @@
     name: firewalld
     state: reloaded
   ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
+
+- name: Restart openQA workers
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: "openqa-worker@{{ item }}"
+    state: restarted
+    enabled: true
+  # range "end" parameter is exclusive, so add 1
+  loop: "{{ range(1, (openqa_worker_count | int + 1)) | list }}"
+  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
diff --git a/tasks/openqa-worker.yml b/tasks/openqa-worker.yml
index ac682e1..2b4202e 100644
--- a/tasks/openqa-worker.yml
+++ b/tasks/openqa-worker.yml
@@ -41,21 +41,10 @@
     mode: "0444"
   loop:
     - client.conf
-    - workers.conf
+    - workers.ini
   tags:
     - configure
-
-- name: Start openQA workers
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: "openqa-worker@{{ item }}"
-    state: started
-    enabled: true
-  # range "end" parameter is exclusive, so add 1
-  loop: "{{ range(1, (openqa_worker_count | int + 1)) | list }}"
-  tags:
-    - start_workers
-    - configure
-  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
+  notify: Restart openQA workers
 
 - name: Start openQA cache services
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
diff --git a/templates/etc/openqa/workers.conf.j2 b/templates/etc/openqa/workers.ini.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/etc/openqa/workers.conf.j2
rename to templates/etc/openqa/workers.ini.j2