diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/firmitas/tasks/create-firmitas-configuration-secret.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/firmitas/tasks/create-firmitas-configuration-secret.yml
index 0ac411de7a..b92abffb8c 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/firmitas/tasks/create-firmitas-configuration-secret.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/firmitas/tasks/create-firmitas-configuration-secret.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---
+- name: ensures /ocp4/openshift-apps/firmitas/ dir exists
+  file:
+    path: "/ocp4/openshift-apps/firmitas/"
+    state: directory
+
 # generate the templates for project to be created
 - name: Create the myconfig.py configuration
   ansible.builtin.template: