diff --git a/roles/dnsmasq/tasks/manage_host.yml b/roles/dnsmasq/tasks/manage_host.yml
index 9c94796454..6cc702e37f 100644
--- a/roles/dnsmasq/tasks/manage_host.yml
+++ b/roles/dnsmasq/tasks/manage_host.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 
 - name: Manage host entry - add
   become: true
+  notify: Reload dnsmasq
   when:
     - cifmw_dnsmasq_host_state == 'present'
   ansible.builtin.copy:
diff --git a/roles/dnsmasq/templates/cifmw-dnsmasq.conf.j2 b/roles/dnsmasq/templates/cifmw-dnsmasq.conf.j2
index a64251b100..2054bf4382 100644
--- a/roles/dnsmasq/templates/cifmw-dnsmasq.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/dnsmasq/templates/cifmw-dnsmasq.conf.j2
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/dnsmasq/cifmw-dnsmasq.leases
 {% endif %}
 
 conf-dir={{ cifmw_dnsmasq_basedir }},*.conf
-dhcp-hostsdir="{{ cifmw_dnsmasq_basedir }}/dhcp-hosts.d"
+dhcp-hostsfile="{{ cifmw_dnsmasq_basedir }}/dhcp-hosts.d"