diff --git a/roles/docker_pretix/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker_pretix/tasks/main.yml
index 4b63129..ca01aeb 100644
--- a/roles/docker_pretix/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker_pretix/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
     pkg:
       - docker.io
 
+- name: "Create directories for Pretix"
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ docker_volumes_dir }}/pretix"
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0750'
+    recurse: true
+
 - name: "Create directories for Pretix"
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ item }}"
@@ -12,7 +21,6 @@
     owner: 15371
     group: 15371
     mode: '0750'
-    recurse: true
   with_items:
     - "{{ docker_volumes_dir }}/pretix/data"
     - "{{ docker_volumes_dir }}/pretix/conf"
@@ -24,7 +32,6 @@
     owner: 1337 #this is the ID Pretix uses
     group: 1337
     mode: '0750'
-    recurse: true
   with_items:
     - "{{ docker_volumes_dir }}/pretix/postgres-db"