diff --git a/ansible/deploy-dev.yaml b/ansible/deploy-dev.yaml
index af65f3d1..655dc2f2 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy-dev.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy-dev.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
         state: present
         driver: bridge
 
+    - name: Create stack files directory
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "./{{ stack_name }}"
+        state: directory
+
     - name: Copy redis.conf to managed node
       ansible.builtin.copy:
         src: ./redis.conf