diff --git a/handlers/elasticsearch-templates.yml b/handlers/elasticsearch-templates.yml
index b1ff63a..09bee24 100644
--- a/handlers/elasticsearch-templates.yml
+++ b/handlers/elasticsearch-templates.yml
@@ -6,29 +6,29 @@
 - name: Wait for elasticsearch to startup
   wait_for: host={{es_api_host}} port={{es_api_port}} delay=10
 
-- name: Get template files
-  find: paths="/etc/elasticsearch/templates" patterns="*.json"
-  register: templates
-
 - name: Install templates without auth
   uri:
-    url: "http://{{es_api_host}}:{{es_api_port}}/_template/{{item.path | filename}}"
+    url: "http://{{es_api_host}}:{{es_api_port}}/_template/{{item | filename}}"
     method: PUT
     status_code: 200
     body_format: json
-    body: "{{ lookup('file', item.path) }}"
+    body: "{{ lookup('file', item) }}"
   when: not es_enable_xpack or not es_xpack_features is defined or "security" not in es_xpack_features
-  with_items: "{{ templates.files }}"
+  with_fileglob:
+    - "{{ es_templates_fileglob | default('') }}"
+  run_once: True
 
 - name: Install templates with auth
   uri:
-    url: "http://{{es_api_host}}:{{es_api_port}}/_template/{{item.path | filename}}"
+    url: "http://{{es_api_host}}:{{es_api_port}}/_template/{{item | filename}}"
     method: PUT
     status_code: 200
     user: "{{es_api_basic_auth_username}}"
     password: "{{es_api_basic_auth_password}}"
     force_basic_auth: yes
     body_format: json
-    body: "{{ lookup('file', item.path) }}"
+    body: "{{ lookup('file', item) }}"
   when: es_enable_xpack and es_xpack_features is defined and "security" in es_xpack_features
-  with_items: "{{ templates.files }}"
+  with_fileglob:
+    - "{{ es_templates_fileglob | default('') }}"
+  run_once: True
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index fbfcfa5..1db4471 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-- name: reload systemd configuration
-  command: systemctl daemon-reload
-
-# Restart service and ensure it is enabled
-- name: restart elasticsearch
-  service: name={{instance_init_script | basename}} state=restarted enabled=yes
-  when: 
-    - es_restart_on_change 
-    - es_start_service 
-    - ((plugin_installed is defined and plugin_installed.changed) or (config_updated is defined and config_updated.changed) or (xpack_state.changed) or (debian_elasticsearch_install_from_repo.changed or redhat_elasticsearch_install_from_repo.changed or elasticsearch_install_from_package.changed))
-  register: es_restarted
 
 #Templates are a handler as they need to come after a restart e.g. suppose user removes security on a running node and doesn't
 #specify es_api_basic_auth_username and es_api_basic_auth_password.  The templates will subsequently not be removed if we don't wait for the node to restart.
@@ -17,4 +6,5 @@
 - name: load-templates
   include: ./handlers/elasticsearch-templates.yml
   #only do templates if we're starting
-  when: es_templates and es_start_service
\ No newline at end of file
+  when: es_templates and es_start_service
+  when: es_templates
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 9beffa1..220a136 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
   tags:
       - templates
 
+- name: reload systemd configuration
+  command: systemctl daemon-reload
+
+# Restart service and ensure it is enabled
+- name: restart elasticsearch
+  service: name={{instance_init_script | basename}} state=restarted enabled=yes
+  when:
+    - es_restart_on_change
+    - es_start_service
+    - ((plugin_installed is defined and plugin_installed.changed) or (config_updated is defined and config_updated.changed) or (xpack_state.changed) or (debian_elasticsearch_install_from_repo.changed or redhat_elasticsearch_install_from_repo.changed or elasticsearch_install_from_package.changed))
+  register: es_restarted
+
 - meta: flush_handlers
 
 - name: Make sure elasticsearch is started