diff --git a/roles/configure_judgehost_legacy/tasks/domjudge.yml b/roles/configure_judgehost_legacy/tasks/domjudge.yml
index 80b5732..9b03fb7 100644
--- a/roles/configure_judgehost_legacy/tasks/domjudge.yml
+++ b/roles/configure_judgehost_legacy/tasks/domjudge.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
   register: downloaded_tarball
+- name: Install domjudge directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ domjudge_base_dir | dirname }}"
+    state: directory
+    recurse: true
+    mode: '0700'
+    owner: root
+    group: root
 - name: Extract domjudge tarball
   ansible.builtin.unarchive:
     src: "{{ downloaded_tarball.dest }}"