diff --git a/playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml b/playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml
index 37aade9..273f13b 100644
--- a/playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     - name: Include input and validation for LXC privilege
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: ../tasks/lxc_privileged_validation.yaml
 
+    - name: Include input and validation for OS template
+      ansible.builtin.include_tasks: ../tasks/os_template_validation.yaml
+
     - name: Include input and validation for human admin user creation
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: ../tasks/human_admin_user_validation.yaml
 
diff --git a/roles/deploy_lxc_on_proxmox/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/deploy_lxc_on_proxmox/tasks/main.yaml
index 6b1b5ca..9d3c303 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_lxc_on_proxmox/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/deploy_lxc_on_proxmox/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     cmode: "shell"
     password: "{{ lxc_root_password }}"
     hostname: "{{ guest_hostname }}"
-    ostemplate: 'main:vztmpl/debian-13-golden-image.tar.gz'
+    ostemplate: "main:vztmpl/{{ guest_os_template }}-golden-image.tar.gz"
     unprivileged: "{{ not lxc_privileged | bool }}"
     memory: 2048
     cores: 2