# Playbook issue

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-issue/20979>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 24, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-issue/20979 "2016-03-24T13:31:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![harold.larimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71c47a/32.png) [@harold.larimer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harold.larimer)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-issue/20979/1 "2016-03-24T13:31:46Z")

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**I am running a playbook that is included as part of another playbook but I keep getting an error, can I get some help debugging it. Here is the job:**

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**Author:** ![harold.larimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71c47a/32.png) [@harold.larimer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harold.larimer)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-issue/20979/2 "2016-03-24T14:08:02Z")

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I found the root of this problem. You can not notify handlers that are defined inside of an include. I believe I can define the handlers in the main.yml and then call them from the include though.

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**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-issue/20979/3 "2016-03-24T14:16:42Z")

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I am new to ansible, so the old syntax looks a little bit different to  
me. But I would put the handlers in the handlers subdirectory of your  
baseline folder.

Johannes