diff --git a/etcd/defaults/main.yml b/etcd/defaults/main.yml
index 64964883..402a194f 100644
--- a/etcd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/etcd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
 # Define variable for etcd
-patroni_install_dependencies: "True"
 etcd_listen_ip: []
 etcd_cluster_ips: []
 etcd_client_port: "2379"
@@ -10,3 +9,4 @@ etcd_local_name : ""
 etcd_cluster_token : ""
 etcd_datadir : "/var/lib/etcd/{{ etcd_cluster_token }}"
 etcd_initial_cluster: ""
+etcd_install_dependencies_for_patroni: False
diff --git a/etcd/handlers/main.yml b/etcd/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f453e93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etcd/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+
+- name: restart etcd
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: etcd
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/etcd/tasks/config.yml b/etcd/tasks/config.yml
index 9a8e4a7a..a514915e 100644
--- a/etcd/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/etcd/tasks/config.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
-- name: Create etcd config file
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: etcd.j2
-    dest: /etc/default/etcd
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: "0644"
-
-- name: Create etcd datadir
+- name: etcd datadir is present
   ansible.builtin.file:
     name: "/var/lib/etcd/{{ etcd_cluster_token }}"
     state: directory
@@ -16,4 +8,13 @@
     group: etcd
     mode: "0700"
 
+- name: etcd config file is present
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: etcd.j2
+    dest: /etc/default/etcd
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify: restart etcd
+
 
diff --git a/etcd/tasks/packages.yml b/etcd/tasks/packages.yml
index e6552ac9..6b50e442 100644
--- a/etcd/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/etcd/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,4 @@
     name:
       - etcd-client
       - etcd-server
-    update_cache: yes
-
-- name: Install python dependencies for Patroni
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name:
-      - python3-etcd
-      - python3-psycopg2
-  when: patroni_install_dependencies | bool
+    update_cache: yes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/etcd/templates/etcd.j2 b/etcd/templates/etcd.j2
index f6d886f8..1dc15824 100644
--- a/etcd/templates/etcd.j2
+++ b/etcd/templates/etcd.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ETCD_LOG_OUTPUTS="stdout"
 ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS="http://{{ etcd_listen_ip }}:{{ etcd_peer_port }}"
 ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS="http://localhost:{{ etcd_client_port }},http://{{ etcd_listen_ip }}:{{ etcd_client_port }}"
 ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS="http://{{ etcd_listen_ip }}:{{ etcd_peer_port }}"
-ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER="{{ etcd_initial_cluster }},"
+ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER="{{ etcd_initial_cluster }}"
 ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS="http://{{ etcd_listen_ip }}:{{ etcd_client_port }}"
 ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER_TOKEN="{{ etcd_cluster_token }}"
 ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER_STATE="new"