diff --git a/playbooks/node-down.yaml b/playbooks/node-down.yaml
index d142c17..2a5e502 100644
--- a/playbooks/node-down.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/node-down.yaml
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@
 - name: Check cluster state
   hosts: cluster
   any_errors_fatal: true
-  vars_prompt:
-    - name: skylab_node_down
-      prompt: "Select node to offline (one of: {{ groups.cluster | join(', ') }})"
-      private: false
   tasks:
     - name: Validate user input
+      run_once: true
       ansible.builtin.assert:
         that:
-          - skylab_node_down in groups.cluster
+          - node is defined
+          - node in groups.cluster
         fail_msg: >-
-          ERROR: Host '{{ skylab_node_down }}' is not a valid cluster node (one
-          of: {{ groups.cluster | join(', ') }})
+          ERROR: Please set the 'node' variable to the cluster host to offline
+          (one of: {{ groups.cluster | join(', ') }})
 
     - name: Fetch node swarm ID
       ansible.builtin.command:
@@ -29,15 +27,15 @@
 
     - name: Set common facts
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        _target_node: "{{ skylab_node_down }}"
+        _target_node: "{{ node }}"
         _docker_node_id: "{{ _docker_node_id_raw.stdout.strip() }}"
         _docker_node_availability: "{{ _docker_node_availability_raw.stdout.strip() }}"
         # Use the next host in the group, unless that would exceed the length of the group,
         # in which case use the first host in the group
         _target_alt: >-
           {{ groups.cluster[
-            lookup('ansible.utils.index_of', groups.cluster, 'eq', skylab_node_down) + 1
-            if (lookup('ansible.utils.index_of', groups.cluster, 'eq', skylab_node_down) + 1) < (groups.cluster | length)
+            lookup('ansible.utils.index_of', groups.cluster, 'eq', node) + 1
+            if (lookup('ansible.utils.index_of', groups.cluster, 'eq', node) + 1) < (groups.cluster | length)
             else 0]
           }}
 
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@
           nodes must be available before a new node can be moved to unavailable status.
 
 - name: Offline node
-  hosts: "{{ skylab_node_down }}"
+  hosts: "{{ node }}"
   tasks:
     - name: Migrate services off target node
       when: _needs_docker_migration