diff --git a/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/tasks/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/tasks/main.yaml
index bf7e518..0be8254 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+- name: Create temporary netbird unarchive directory
+  file: 
+    path: "/tmp/netbird_{{ netbird_version }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0700'
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+
 - name: Download and verify the netbird archive
   get_url:
     url: "https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/releases/download/v{{ netbird_version }}/netbird_{{ netbird_version }}_linux_arm64.tar.gz"