diff --git a/tasks/syslog/config.yaml b/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
index 9834d17..7c55d60 100644
--- a/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
+++ b/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
     # configure rsyslogd
     - name: "syslog - remove - remote-logging"
-      ansible.builtin.file:
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: "templates/syslog/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.conf"
         path: "/etc/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.conf"
-        state: "absent"
       when: 'ansible_os_family == "Debian"'
       notify: "restart rsyslog"