diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 5c24f43..db67be7 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
       file: path={{ thredds_data_content_dir }} state=directory owner={{ item.user }} group={{ item.user }}
       with_items: '{{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
 
+    - name: Create the Thredds data configuration subdir
+      file: path={{ thredds_data_content_dir }}/thredds state=directory owner={{ item.user }} group={{ common_users_group }}
+      with_items: '{{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
+      
     - name: Check if the configuration files were already initialized with our versions
       stat: path={{ thredds_data_content_dir }}/thredds/.conf_initialized
       register: thredds_skip_conf