diff --git a/ansible/nimbus.yml b/ansible/nimbus.yml
index e6a11b1..4ece1af 100644
--- a/ansible/nimbus.yml
+++ b/ansible/nimbus.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     beacon_node_cont_tag: 'toledo'
     dist_validators_layout:
         "toledo-01.aws-eu-central-1a.nimbus.test": { start: 0, end: 1024 }
-        "toledo-02.aws-eu-central-1a.nimbus.test": { start: 1024, end: 2047 }
+        "toledo-02.aws-eu-central-1a.nimbus.test": { start: 1024, end: 2048 }
   roles:
     - { role: distribute-validators,  tags: [ distribute-validators ] }
     - { role: infra-role-beacon-node, tags: [ infra-role-beacon-node, beacon-node ] }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/distribute-validators/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/distribute-validators/defaults/main.yml
index c8c1fa1..daf9702 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/distribute-validators/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/distribute-validators/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ dist_validators_repo_path: '/home/{{ dist_validators_repo_user }}/distribute-val
 
 dist_validators_data_path: ~
 dist_validators_name: ~
-dist_validators_layout:
-#  - { hostname: 'node-01', start: 0, end: 1023 }
-#  - { hostname: 'node-01', start: 1024, end: 2047 }
-#
+dist_validators_layout: {}
+#  'node-01': { start: 0, end: 1023 }
+#  'node-01': { start: 1024, end: 2047 }
+
 dist_validators_range: '{{ dist_validators_layout[hostname] }}'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/distribute-validators/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/distribute-validators/tasks/main.yml
index bbc35c6..e41c575 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/distribute-validators/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/distribute-validators/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 - name: Extract file paths
   set_fact:
-    found_validators: '{{ found_validators_raw.files | map(attribute="path") | list }}'
-    found_secrets: '{{ found_secrets_raw.files | map(attribute="path") | list }}'
+    found_validators: '{{ found_validators_raw.files | map(attribute="path") | list | sort }}'
+    found_secrets: '{{ found_secrets_raw.files | map(attribute="path") | list | sort }}'
 
 - name: Verify number of validators and secrets matches
   assert:
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 - name: Copy over validators
   command: |
-    rsync -ru \
+    rsync -ru --delete --exclude="slashing_protection.sqlite3*" \
     {{ found_validators[dist_validators_range["start"]:dist_validators_range["end"]] | join(" ") }} \
     '{{ dist_validators_data_path }}/validators/'