diff --git a/roles/zim/tasks/main.yml b/roles/zim/tasks/main.yml
index 601628e..cb2d47d 100644
--- a/roles/zim/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/zim/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---
+- name: create zim config directory
+  file:
+    path: ~/.config/zim
+    state: directory
+
 - name: template zim config file
   template:
     src: style.conf.j2