diff --git a/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index ea8ad61..d2dd682 100644
--- a/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
 dependency:
-  name: shell
-  command: ansible-galaxy collection install -r molecule/default/requirements.yml -p $HOME/.ansible/collections --force-with-deps
+  name: galaxy
+  options:
+    requirements-file: molecule/requirements.yml
 driver:
   name: docker
 lint: |
@@ -16,14 +17,12 @@ platforms:
     port_bindings:
       - "8080/tcp"
       - "8443/tcp"
-      - "8009/tcp"      
+      - "8009/tcp"
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
   config_options:
     defaults:
       interpreter_python: auto_silent
-    ssh_connection:
-      pipelining: false
   playbooks:
     prepare: prepare.yml
     converge: converge.yml
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ provisioner:
       localhost:
         ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ ansible_playbook_python }}"
   env:
-    ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "true"        
+    ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "true"
 verifier:
   name: ansible
 scenario:
diff --git a/molecule/default/requirements.yml b/molecule/requirements.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from molecule/default/requirements.yml
rename to molecule/requirements.yml
diff --git a/roles/keycloak/defaults/main.yml b/roles/keycloak/defaults/main.yml
index 4543f82..88ff001 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ### Configuration specific to keycloak
 keycloak_version: 18.0.2
 keycloak_archive: "keycloak-legacy-{{ keycloak_version }}.zip"
-keycloak_download_url: "https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/releases/download/{{ keycloak_version }}/{{ keycloak_archive }}"  
+keycloak_download_url: "https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/releases/download/{{ keycloak_version }}/{{ keycloak_archive }}"
 keycloak_download_url_9x: "https://downloads.jboss.org/keycloak/{{ keycloak_version }}/{{ keycloak_archive }}"
 keycloak_installdir: "{{ keycloak_dest }}/keycloak-{{ keycloak_version }}"
 keycloak_offline_install: False
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ keycloak_service_group: keycloak
 keycloak_service_pidfile: "/run/keycloak.pid"
 keycloak_service_name: keycloak
 keycloak_service_desc: Keycloak
+keycloak_service_start_delay: 10
+keycloak_service_start_retries: 25
 
 keycloak_configure_firewalld: False
 
diff --git a/roles/keycloak/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/keycloak/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 4d36f4c..f58b1d4 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -266,6 +266,14 @@ argument_specs:
                 default: "Keycloak"
                 description: "systemd description for keycloak"
                 type: "str"
+            keycloak_service_start_delay:
+                default: "10"
+                description: "Expected delay in ms before the service is expected to be available after start."
+                type: "int"
+            keycloak_service_start_retries:
+                default: "25"
+                description: "How many time should Ansible retry to connect to the service after it was started, before failing."
+                type: "int"
             keycloak_no_log:
                 default: true
                 type: "bool"
diff --git a/roles/keycloak/tasks/start_keycloak.yml b/roles/keycloak/tasks/start_keycloak.yml
index bdf42f9..524df80 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak/tasks/start_keycloak.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak/tasks/start_keycloak.yml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
     url: "{{ keycloak.health_url }}"
   register: keycloak_status
   until: keycloak_status.status == 200
-  retries: 25
-  delay: 10
\ No newline at end of file
+  retries: "{{ keycloak_service_start_retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ keycloak_service_start_delay }}"