diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/include/meta/argument_specs.yml b/playbooks/roles/services/include/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 382277a..b00da3a 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/services/include/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/services/include/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ argument_specs:
     options:
       services_host_services:
         type: "list"
-        elem: "str"
+        elem: "dict"
         required: true
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/include/tasks/daemon_reload.yml b/playbooks/roles/services/include/tasks/daemon_reload.yml
index 122995c..c5a581b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/services/include/tasks/daemon_reload.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/services/include/tasks/daemon_reload.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: "daemon_reload : loop over services"
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "daemon_reload/main.yml"
-  loop: "{{ services_host_services }}"
+  loop: "{{ services_host_services | dict2items | selectattr('key') }}"
   loop_control:
     loop_var: "services_service_name"