diff --git a/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
index 44edcbcf528f0bb8065bcc9307c7e5fe6fcaf81c..d1233ed9294056847577bdd15cf4bfaa7d500fd4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     src: "{{ item.src }}"
     dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
     state: link
+    force: yes  # Force the creation of the symlinks even if source files do not exist yet
   loop:
     - { src: "/cm/shared/apps/slurm/var/etc/cgroup.conf", dest: "/etc/slurm/cgroup.conf" }
     - { src: "/cm/shared/apps/slurm/var/etc/gres.conf", dest: "/etc/slurm/gres.conf" }