diff --git a/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml
index 1f596b8c03bdef06beea28bca0019c8aa067276f..aeb7594173a79a96470af3b1f3bf6b51e4e7fd85 100644
--- a/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
   notify:
     - Restart nginx
 
+- name: Enable default website
+  file: src="/etc/nginx/sites-available/default" dest="/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default"
+        state=link
+  notify:
+    - Restart nginx
+
 - name: Deploy firewall configuration for web server
   copy: src="ferm_http.conf" dest="/etc/ferm/conf.d/30-web.conf" owner=root group=root mode=640
   notify: