diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 7543516..0d7b90a 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
+nginx_user: "nginx"
 nginx_remove_default_vhost: false
 nginx_default_vhost_path: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index fd8e88f..ed11f9a 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-nginx_user: "nginx"
 nginx_worker_processes: "1"
 nginx_worker_connections: "8192"
 nginx_client_max_body_size: "64m"