diff --git a/tasks/exchanges.yml b/tasks/exchanges.yml
index 9f262ad..f097935 100644
--- a/tasks/exchanges.yml
+++ b/tasks/exchanges.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     name: python-pip
     update_cache: yes
     force: yes
-    state: installed
+    state: present
 
 # Exchanges require this library to be installed
 - name: Install requests library
diff --git a/tasks/install.yml b/tasks/install.yml
index 3ec7884..8ce3787 100644
--- a/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/tasks/install.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
     dest: /etc/yum.repos.d/rabbitmq.repo
   when: ansible_pkg_mgr == "yum"
 
+- name: Ensure hostname is present in /etc/hosts 
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/hosts
+    regexp: "^127.0.1.1"
+    line: "127.0.1.1   {{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    state: present
+
 - name: Install rabbitmq
   package:
     name: rabbitmq-server