diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 48ceae7..46e0c1f 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@
         mode: 'u+rX,g+rX,o+rX'
       when: opensearch_download is changed
 
+    - name: Opensearch want to write inside the config directory
+      file:
+        dest: '{{ opensearch_config_dir }}'
+        state: directory
+        owner: '{{ opensearch_user }}'
+        group: '{{ opensearch_user }}'
+        mode: 0755
+
     - name: Create a link to the correct place
       file:
         src: '/opt/{{ opensearch_versioned }}'