diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 5c24f43..2082364 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       with_items: '{{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
 
     - name: Create the Thredds data directory
-      file: path={{ thredds_data_content_dir }} state=directory owner={{ item.user }} group={{ item.user }}
+      file: path={{ thredds_data_content_dir }}/thredds state=directory owner={{ item.user }} group={{ item.user }}
       with_items: '{{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
 
     - name: Check if the configuration files were already initialized with our versions