diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/install_portainer.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/install_portainer.yml
index b772503..f791c41 100644
--- a/roles/docker/tasks/install_portainer.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/install_portainer.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: docker | install portainer | create directory
   file:
     path: "/opt/docker/portainer"
-    state: present
+    state: directory
     owner: "root"  # not required. Name of the user that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to I(chown).
 
 - name: docker | install portainer | docker run