diff --git a/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/http_proxy.yml b/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/http_proxy.yml
index d4943e2..7575e9c 100644
--- a/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/http_proxy.yml
+++ b/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/http_proxy.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-
 - name: Create k3s-node.service.d directory
   file:
     path: '{{ systemd_dir }}/k3s-node.service.d'
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: '0755'
-
+  when: proxy_env is defined
 
 - name: Copy K3s http_proxy conf file
   template:
@@ -16,3 +15,4 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: '0755'
+  when: proxy_env is defined
diff --git a/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/main.yml b/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/main.yml
index 3146697..3ab1b7f 100644
--- a/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,35 @@
 ---
+- name: Check for PXE-booted system
+  block:
+    - name: Check if system is PXE-booted
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: cat /proc/cmdline
+      register: boot_cmdline
+      changed_when: false
+      check_mode: false
+
+    - name: Set fact for PXE-booted system
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        is_pxe_booted: "{{ 'root=/dev/nfs' in boot_cmdline.stdout }}"
+      when: boot_cmdline.stdout is defined
+
+    - name: Include http_proxy configuration tasks
+      ansible.builtin.include_tasks: http_proxy.yml
 
 - name: Deploy K3s http_proxy conf
   include_tasks: http_proxy.yml
   when: proxy_env is defined
 
-- name: Copy K3s service file
-  template:
+- name: Configure the k3s service
+  ansible.builtin.template:
     src: "k3s.service.j2"
     dest: "{{ systemd_dir }}/k3s-node.service"
     owner: root
     group: root
-    mode: 0755
+    mode: '0755'
 
-- name: Enable and check K3s service
-  systemd:
+- name: Manage k3s service
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
     name: k3s-node
     daemon_reload: true
     state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/k3s_agent/templates/k3s.service.j2 b/roles/k3s_agent/templates/k3s.service.j2
index 3be92e3..dac88de 100644
--- a/roles/k3s_agent/templates/k3s.service.j2
+++ b/roles/k3s_agent/templates/k3s.service.j2
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ After=network-online.target
 Type=notify
 ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe br_netfilter
 ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe overlay
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/k3s agent --server https://{{ apiserver_endpoint | ansible.utils.ipwrap }}:6443 --token {{ hostvars[groups[group_name_master | default('master')][0]]['token'] | default(k3s_token) }} {{ extra_agent_args | default("") }}
+# Conditional snapshotter based on PXE boot status
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/k3s agent \
+  --server https://{{ apiserver_endpoint | ansible.utils.ipwrap }}:6443 \
+  {% if is_pxe_booted | default(false) %}--snapshotter native \
+  {% endif %}--token {{ hostvars[groups[group_name_master | default('master')][0]]['token'] | default(k3s_token) }} \
+  {{ extra_agent_args | default("") }}
 KillMode=process
 Delegate=yes
-# Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
-# in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
 LimitNOFILE=1048576
 LimitNPROC=infinity
 LimitCORE=infinity