diff --git a/roles/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/server/tasks/main.yml
index 2e5fd86..d999f07 100644
--- a/roles/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: Copy invitation files of admin peers to controller
-  # other machines should never be admins. Only humans.
+  # NOTE other machines should never be admins. Only humans.
   synchronize:
     src: "/root/{{ item.name }}.toml"
     dest: "{{ playbook_dir }}/roles/client/files/{{ item.name }}_admin.toml"
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
     mode: pull
   with_items: "{{ peers }}"
 
+- name: Make sure invitation files are absent on innernet-server
+  shell: "rm -rf /root/*.toml"
+
 - name: Enable innernet-server daemon
   systemd:
     name: "innernet-server@{{ network_name }}"