diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index ebe4fab..fe062a5 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ galaxy_info:
   company: "Elastic.co"
   license: "license (Apache)"
   # Require 1.6 for apt deb install
-  min_ansible_version: 2.1.2
+  min_ansible_version: 2.1.0
   platforms:
   - name: EL
     versions:
diff --git a/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml b/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml
index b84573e..07e3088 100644
--- a/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml
+++ b/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
   apt_repository: repo="deb http://packages.elastic.co/elasticsearch/{{ es_major_version }}/debian stable main" state=present
   when: es_use_repository
 
+- name: Debian - include versionlock
+  include: elasticsearch-Debian-version-lock.yml
+  when: es_version_lock
+
 - name: Debian - Ensure elasticsearch is installed
   apt: name=elasticsearch{% if es_version is defined and es_version != "" %}={{ es_version }}{% endif %} state=present force={{force_install}} cache_valid_time=86400
   when: es_use_repository
diff --git a/tasks/elasticsearch-version-lock.yml b/tasks/elasticsearch-version-lock.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7189203..0000000
--- a/tasks/elasticsearch-version-lock.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
----
-# Trigger Debian section
-- name: Include Debian specific Elasticsearch
-  include: elasticsearch-Debian-version-lock.yml
-  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
-
-# Trigger Redhat section
-- name: Include RedHat specific Elasticsearch
-  include: elasticsearch-RedHat-version-lock.yml
-  when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
diff --git a/templates/init/debian/elasticsearch.j2 b/templates/init/debian/elasticsearch.j2
index 1c47643..a19153e 100755
--- a/templates/init/debian/elasticsearch.j2
+++ b/templates/init/debian/elasticsearch.j2
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ fi
 # The following variables can be overwritten in $DEFAULT
 
 # Run Elasticsearch as this user ID and group ID
-ES_USER=elasticsearch
-ES_GROUP=elasticsearch
+ES_USER={{es_user}}
+ES_GROUP={{es_group}}
 
 # Directory where the Elasticsearch binary distribution resides
-ES_HOME=/usr/share/$NAME
+ES_HOME={{es_home}}
 
 # Heap size defaults to 256m min, 1g max
 # Set ES_HEAP_SIZE to 50% of available RAM, but no more than 31g
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ MAX_OPEN_FILES=65535
 #MAX_LOCKED_MEMORY=
 
 # Elasticsearch log directory
-LOG_DIR=/var/log/$NAME
+LOG_DIR={{log_dir}}
 
 # Elasticsearch data directory
-DATA_DIR=/var/lib/$NAME
+DATA_DIR={{ data_dirs | array_to_str }}
 
 # Elasticsearch configuration directory
-CONF_DIR=/etc/$NAME
+CONF_DIR={{conf_dir}}
 
 # Maximum number of VMA (Virtual Memory Areas) a process can own
 MAX_MAP_COUNT=262144
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ MAX_MAP_COUNT=262144
 #ES_GC_LOG_FILE=/var/log/elasticsearch/gc.log
 
 # Elasticsearch PID file directory
-PID_DIR="/var/run/elasticsearch"
+PID_DIR={{pid_dir}}
 
 # End of variables that can be overwritten in $DEFAULT
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define other required variables
 PID_FILE="$PID_DIR/$NAME.pid"
-DAEMON=$ES_HOME/bin/elasticsearch
+DAEMON={{es_home}}/bin/elasticsearch
 DAEMON_OPTS="-d -p $PID_FILE --default.path.home=$ES_HOME --default.path.logs=$LOG_DIR --default.path.data=$DATA_DIR --default.path.conf=$CONF_DIR"
 
 export ES_HEAP_SIZE
@@ -227,4 +227,4 @@ case "$1" in
 	;;
 esac
 
-exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
+exit 0
diff --git a/vars/Debian.yml b/vars/Debian.yml
index 7725f49..cfa73ae 100644
--- a/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ---
-java: "{{ es_java | default('openjdk-7-jre-headless') }}"
+java: "{% if es_java is defined %}{{es_java}}{%elif (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('15.10', '>=')) %}openjdk-8-jre-headless{% else %}openjdk-7-jre-headless{% endif %}" 
 default_file: "/etc/default/elasticsearch"
-es_home: "/usr/share/elasticsearch"
\ No newline at end of file
+es_home: "/usr/share/elasticsearch"