diff --git a/main.yml b/main.yml
index f4f31d8..00263ff 100644
--- a/main.yml
+++ b/main.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     ansible_password: "{{ user_password }}"
     ansible_become_password: "{{ user_password }}"
     ansible_ssh_extra_args: '-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
-    vm_ip: "{{ inventory_hostname }}/24"
   pre_tasks:
     - name: Set ansible_python_interpreter
       when: os | lower in ["almalinux", "rhel9", "rhel8", "rocky"]
diff --git a/vars_example.yml b/vars_example.yml
index 5628bd6..4ea19b1 100644
--- a/vars_example.yml
+++ b/vars_example.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+vm_ip: "{{ inventory_hostname }}/24"
 install_type: "virtual"
 cis: false