diff --git a/roles/glusterfs/tasks/main.yml b/roles/glusterfs/tasks/main.yml
index 3491b38..69cb46c 100644
--- a/roles/glusterfs/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/glusterfs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@
   gluster_peer:
     state: present
     nodes: "{{ item }}"
+  when:
+    - item != inventory_hostname
   with_items: "{{ groups[glusterfs_group] }}"
+  delegate_to: >-
+    {% set hosts = groups[glusterfs_group] -%}
+    {{ hosts | reject('equalto', inventory_hostname) | list | first }}
 
 - name: configure volume
   gluster_volume:
@@ -72,3 +77,6 @@
       }
   run_once: true
   notify: restart glusterfs volume
+  delegate_to: >-
+    {% set hosts = groups[glusterfs_group] -%}
+    {{ hosts | reject('equalto', inventory_hostname) | list | first }}