diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index 89738f9..362cb3a 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -16,24 +16,17 @@
     state: directory
     owner: root
     mode: "755"
-    recurse: yes
   with_items: ["/opt/gitea", "/var/lib/gitea"]
 
-- name: Ensure data directory exists
+- name: Ensure data and config directories exist
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/gitea/data"
-    state: directory
-    owner: "{{ git_user.uid }}"
-    group: "{{ git_user.group }}"
-    mode: "700"
-
-- name: Ensure config directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/gitea/config"
+    path: "/var/lib/gitea/{{ item }}"
     state: directory
     owner: "{{ git_user.uid }}"
     group: "{{ git_user.group }}"
     mode: "700"
+    recurse: true
+  with_items: ["data", "config"]
 
 - name: Ensure docker daemon is started
   ansible.builtin.systemd: