diff --git a/roles/web-data-analysis/tasks/main.yml b/roles/web-data-analysis/tasks/main.yml
index 5ff1c21cab..0f8e2de763 100644
--- a/roles/web-data-analysis/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/web-data-analysis/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,23 @@
   tags:
     - web-data
 
+- name: make the data directory.
+  file: path=/mnt/fedora_stats/data state directory mode=0755
+  tags:
+    - web-data
+
+- name: make the data subdirs
+  file: path=/mnt/fedora_stats/data/{{item}} state=directory mode=0755
+  with_items: [getfedora, hotspot, mirrors, start]
+  tags:
+    - web-data
+
 - name: make the web directory exists
   file: path=/var/www/html/csv-reports/  state=directory mode=0755
   tags:
     - web-data
 
-- name: make the subdirs
+- name: make the web subdirs
   file: path=/var/www/html/csv-reports/{{item}} state=directory mode=0755
   with_items: [images, getfedora, hotspot, mirrors, start]
   tags: