diff --git a/ansible/roles/monit/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/monit/tasks/main.yml
index c7810c0029..632b394868 100755
--- a/ansible/roles/monit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/monit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 - name: Copy slack.sh
   template: src=slack.sh dest=/etc/monit/slack.sh mode=755
-  when: monit_slack_channel is not none
+  ignore_errors: yes
 
 - name: Copy all monit config files
   template: src="check_{{item}}" dest=/etc/monit/conf.d/