diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index ef9ce1b..3775613 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- name: unbound checkconf
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.command: unbound-checkconf /etc/unbound/unbound.conf
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 3
-  register: result
-  until: result.rc == 0
-
-  notify: systemctl restart unbound
-
 - name: systemctl restart unbound
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.service:
diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..140d77f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+- name: Copy unbound configuration snippets
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: '{{ item }}'
+    dest: '/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/'
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 'u=rw,g=r,o=r'
+  with_fileglob:
+    - 'files/snippets/*.conf'
+  notify: systemctl restart unbound
+
+- name: Copy main unbound configuration
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: 'files/unbound.conf'
+    dest: '/etc/unbound/unbound.conf'
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 'u=rw,g=r,o=r'
+    validate: unbound-checkconf %s
+  notify: systemctl restart unbound
diff --git a/tasks/install.yml b/tasks/install.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc555b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/install.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+- name: update debian cache
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    update_cache: true
+    cache_valid_time: 43200
+  when: ansible_pkg_mgr == "apt"
+
+- name: install unbound
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: unbound
+    state: "{{ unbound__state }}"
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 77b6b5d..cea6bfd 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,40 +3,8 @@
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: versioncheck.yml
   when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
 
-- name: update cache
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    state: "{{ unbound__state }}"
-    update_cache: true
-    cache_valid_time: 43200
-  when: ansible_pkg_mgr == "apt"
-
 - name: install unbound
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    name: unbound
-    state: present
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: install.yml
 
-- name: Copy unbound configuration snippets
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: '{{ item }}'
-    dest: '/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/'
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 'u=rw,g=r,o=r'
-  with_fileglob:
-    - 'files/snippets/*.conf'
-  notify:
-    - unbound checkconf
-
-- name: Copy main unbound configuration
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: 'files/unbound.conf'
-    dest: '/etc/unbound/unbound.conf'
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 'u=rw,g=r,o=r'
-  notify:
-    - unbound checkconf
+- name: configure unbound
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: configure.yml
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 9f899ea..861abc1 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-playbook_version_number: 68  # should be integer
+playbook_version_number: 69  # should be integer
 playbook_version_path: 'role-unbound_roles-ansible_github.com.version'