diff --git a/tasks/30-install-ts3.yml b/tasks/30-install-ts3.yml
index 0fab8ec..d5d9b34 100644
--- a/tasks/30-install-ts3.yml
+++ b/tasks/30-install-ts3.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+- name: "Register ts3server.ini state"
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: "{{ ts3_base_dir }}/ts3server.ini"
+  register: ts3server_ini
 
 - name: "Create service"
   ansible.builtin.template:
diff --git a/templates/teamspeak3.service.j2 b/templates/teamspeak3.service.j2
index 8fd1a30..8da3ff2 100644
--- a/templates/teamspeak3.service.j2
+++ b/templates/teamspeak3.service.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ User={{ ts3_user }}
 Group={{ ts3_user }}
 Type=forking
 WorkingDirectory={{ ts3_base_dir }}/
-ExecStart={{ ts3_base_dir }}/ts3server_startscript.sh start
+ExecStart={{ ts3_base_dir }}/ts3server_startscript.sh start {{ 'inifile=ts3server.ini' if ts3server_ini.stat.exists }}
 ExecStop={{ ts3_base_dir }}/ts3server_startscript.sh stop
 PIDFile={{ ts3_base_dir }}/ts3server.pid
 RestartSec=5