diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0205e2b6..6762c9f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ The **patch** part changes is incremented if multiple releases happen the same m
 
 ### Fixed
 
+* nginx : fix variable name and debug to actually use nginx-light
+
 ### Removed
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/nginx/tasks/main.yml b/nginx/tasks/main.yml
index 8a8fc264..6bb09f03 100644
--- a/nginx/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/nginx/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 - debug:
     msg: "Nginx minimal mode has been removed, falling back to normal mode."
+  when: not nginx_minimal | bool
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "Nginx minimal mode has been set, using minimal mode."
   when: nginx_minimal | bool
 
 - include: packages.yml
diff --git a/nginx/tasks/packages.yml b/nginx/tasks/packages.yml
index ebd5eaaf..f9a500c0 100644
--- a/nginx/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/nginx/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 
 - set_fact:
-    nginx_package_name_default: nginx-light
+    nginx_default_package_name: nginx-light
   when: nginx_minimal | bool
 
 - include: packages_backports.yml