diff --git a/tasks/configuration.yml b/tasks/configuration.yml
index 52d616d..60a754f 100644
--- a/tasks/configuration.yml
+++ b/tasks/configuration.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@
   become: true
   notify: Reload dnsmasq.service
 
-- name: Deploy local host configuration
+- name: Deploy specific records
   ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: host.conf.j2
-    dest: /srv/dnsmasq/{{ inventory_hostname }}.conf
+    src: "{{ role_path }}/templates/records_specific.conf.j2"
+    dest: /srv/dnsmasq/specific.conf
     owner: dnsmasq
     group: root
     mode: u=rw,g=r,o=r
+  when: dnsmasq_specifics | length > 0
   become: true
   notify: Reload dnsmasq.service
diff --git a/tasks/records.yml b/tasks/records.yml
index 2bdee35..4c9b3a3 100644
--- a/tasks/records.yml
+++ b/tasks/records.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 # tasks file for security
 
-- name: Deploy records
+- name: Deploy records from ansible inventory
   ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: "{{ role_path }}/templates/auto.conf.j2"
+    src: "{{ role_path }}/templates/records_auto.conf.j2"
     dest: /srv/dnsmasq/auto-{{ dnsmasq_ansible_group }}.conf
     owner: dnsmasq
     group: root
diff --git a/templates/host.conf.j2 b/templates/host.conf.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index fd2579d..0000000
--- a/templates/host.conf.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
-
-{% for ip in dnsmasq_host_ips %}
-{{ ip }}  {{ dnsmasq_client_hostname }} {{ dnsmasq_host_aliases | join(' ') }}
-{% endfor %}
diff --git a/templates/auto.conf.j2 b/templates/records_auto.conf.j2
similarity index 56%
rename from templates/auto.conf.j2
rename to templates/records_auto.conf.j2
index c8a0b03..1e3a302 100644
--- a/templates/auto.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/records_auto.conf.j2
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # {{ ansible_managed }}
 
-# ansible inventory
-{%- set hosts = groups[dnsmasq_ansible_group] | reject('equalto', inventory_hostname) | sort %}
-{%- for host in hosts %}
+{%- for host in groups[dnsmasq_ansible_group] | sort %}
 {%- set ipv4 = hostvars[host]['ansible_host'] %}
 {%- set ipv6_prefix = dnsmasq_ipv6_subnet | split('/') | first %}
 {%- set ipv6_suffix = hostvars[host]['ansible_host'] | split('.') | last %}
@@ -12,12 +10,3 @@
 {{ ipv4 }} {{ aliases | join(' ') }}
 {{ ipv6_prefix }}{{ ipv6_suffix }} {{ aliases | join(' ') }}
 {% endfor %}
-
-# role specifics
-{%- for specific in dnsmasq_specifics %}
-
-## {{ specific.hostname }}
-{% for ip in specific.ips %}
-{{ ip }} {{ specific.hostname }}
-{% endfor %}
-{% endfor %}
diff --git a/templates/records_specific.conf.j2 b/templates/records_specific.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..377737f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/records_specific.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+{%- for specific in dnsmasq_specifics %}
+
+## {{ specific.hostname }}
+{% for ip in specific.ips %}
+{{ ip }} {{ specific.hostname }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}