diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/step-ca/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/roles/step-ca/tasks/main.yml
index 0b037cc..735ab13 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/step-ca/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/step-ca/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 ---
 # file: roles/step-ca/tasks/main.yml
 
-- name: Create step-ca directories
+- name: Create step-ca base directory
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ item }}"
+    path: "{{ stepca_base_dir }}"
     state: directory
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: "0755"
-  loop:
-    - "{{ stepca_base_dir }}"
-    - "{{ stepca_data_dir }}"
+
+- name: Create step-ca data directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ stepca_data_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "1000"
+    group: "1000"
+    mode: "0755"
 
 - name: Create Docker network for step-ca
   community.docker.docker_network: