diff --git a/roles/docker_compose_v2/defaults/main.yml b/roles/docker_compose_v2/defaults/main.yml
index f4a3749..22f9707 100644
--- a/roles/docker_compose_v2/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker_compose_v2/defaults/main.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ docker_compose_v2_remove_volumes: false
 docker_compose_v2_restarted: false
 
 # Dictionary defining service scaling: service name as key, number of containers as value.
-docker_compose_v2_scale: "{{ omit }}"
+# docker_compose_v2_scale: "{{ omit }}"
 
 # List of specific services to operate on. If empty, applies to all services in the Compose file.
 docker_compose_v2_services: "{{ omit }}"
diff --git a/roles/docker_compose_v2/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker_compose_v2/tasks/main.yml
index 55e16bb..242c736 100644
--- a/roles/docker_compose_v2/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker_compose_v2/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         client_key: "{{ docker_compose_v2_client_key }}"
         files: "{{ docker_compose_v2_files }}"
         pull: "{{ docker_compose_v2_pull }}"
-        scale: "{{ docker_compose_v2_scale }}"
+        scale: "{{ docker_compose_v2_scale | default(omit) }}"
         services: "{{ docker_compose_v2_services }}"
 
   rescue: