diff --git a/hosts b/hosts
index 305305f..c1b5a9b 100644
--- a/hosts
+++ b/hosts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ homepageVM ansible_host=10.0.10.30
 [dev]
 devVM ansible_host=10.0.30.105 ansible_user=ladmin
 bottom ansible_host=10.0.10.156 ansible_user=beast
-debianDesktopVM ansible_host=10.0.10.206 ansible_user=user
+debianDesktopVM ansible_host=10.0.10.206 ansible_user=user skip_reboot=true
 
 [ansible]
 ansible-controlVM ansible_host=localhost ansible_user=master
diff --git a/roles/maintenance/tasks/main.yml b/roles/maintenance/tasks/main.yml
index c853b41..737ef29 100644
--- a/roles/maintenance/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/maintenance/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@
 - name: Reboot if tasks changed things
   reboot:
     msg: "Reboot triggered by Ansible after system changes."
-  when: ansible_facts['pkg_mgr'] == "apt"
+  when: 
+    - ansible_facts['pkg_mgr'] == "apt"
+    - skip_reboot is not defined or skip_reboot != true
diff --git a/roles/user/tasks/main.yml b/roles/user/tasks/main.yml
index 5d94331..43258ac 100644
--- a/roles/user/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/user/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@
     name: "{{ ansible_user }}"
     state: present
     shell: /bin/bash
-