diff --git a/roles/live_symlink/defaults/main.yml b/roles/live_symlink/defaults/main.yml
index 8bf22492..daea7ab3 100644
--- a/roles/live_symlink/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/live_symlink/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
 deploy_user: 'deploy'
 live_symlink:
-  # Either update (for successful builds) or revert.
-  operation: update
+  revert_on_fail: true
   # Specify any additional directory symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
diff --git a/roles/live_symlink/tasks/main.yml b/roles/live_symlink/tasks/main.yml
index 63225e16..2682e55c 100644
--- a/roles/live_symlink/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/live_symlink/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 - ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     _live_symlink_build_target: "{{ deploy_base_path }}/{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}_build_{{ previous_build_number }}"
-  when: deploy_operation == 'revert'
+  when:
+    - deploy_operation == 'revert'
+    - live_symlink.revert_on_fail
 
 - ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     _live_symlink_dest_target: "{{ live_symlink_dest }}"