diff --git a/playbooks/zabbix.yml b/playbooks/zabbix.yml
index 60eab11..03aa684 100644
--- a/playbooks/zabbix.yml
+++ b/playbooks/zabbix.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@
         grafana_secret: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.password', '/dev/null', length=32, chars=['ascii_letters', 'digits']) }}"
       when: not env_file.stat.exists
 
+    - name: Create parent directory
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /opt/stacks
+        state: directory
+        mode: '0755'
+
     - name: Create stack directory
       ansible.builtin.file:
         path: /opt/stacks/zabbix
         state: directory
         mode: '0755'
-        recurse: yes
 
     - name: Write .env file (only if it didn't exist)
       ansible.builtin.copy: