diff --git a/roles/re2o-services/tasks/main.yml b/roles/re2o-services/tasks/main.yml
index 76b6315f..0fbd306d 100644
--- a/roles/re2o-services/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/re2o-services/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 ---
+- name: Install re2o-services depandencies
+  apt:
+    update_cache: true
+    name:
+      - python3-iso8601
+      - python3-jinja2
+  register: apt_result
+  retries: 3
+  until: apt_result is succeeded
+
+- name: Create re2o-services directory
+  file:
+    path: /var/local/re2o-services
+    state: directory
+    mode: 755
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+
 - name: Deploy re2o-services config file
   template:
     src: re2o-services/config.ini.j2