diff --git a/tasks/proxypool.yml b/tasks/proxypool.yml
index f1904b8edfd3467e6eeceea9b4bf5fc37b15d5da..e229868a97474bd3a38a7cb351c95668173aedb2 100644
--- a/tasks/proxypool.yml
+++ b/tasks/proxypool.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
       path: '/etc/letsencrypt'
       owner: '{{ ansible_env.SUDO_USER }}'
       recurse: yes
+      follow: no
     when: proxy_active|default(true)
 
   - name: "Pull Certs from active Proxy"
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
       path: '/etc/letsencrypt'
       owner: 'root'
       recurse: yes
+      follow: no
     when: proxy_active|default(true)
 
   tags: 'Certs'
diff --git a/tasks/pullcerts.yml b/tasks/pullcerts.yml
index 617606f7d8e13659a32f5c61608c6f181d72a0c9..ca6727a14d49a391473871c6280b8bc3e37e4150 100644
--- a/tasks/pullcerts.yml
+++ b/tasks/pullcerts.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     path: '{{ item }}'
     owner: '{{ ansible_env.SUDO_USER }}'
     recurse: yes
+    follow: no
   with_items:
     - '/etc/letsencrypt'
     - '/etc/haproxy/certs'
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
     path: '{{ item }}'
     owner: 'root'
     recurse: yes
+    follow: no
   with_items:
     - '/etc/letsencrypt'
     - '/etc/haproxy/certs'