diff --git a/smartgears/social-networking-library-ws/tasks/main.yml b/smartgears/social-networking-library-ws/tasks/main.yml
index a046a1f8..137fd769 100644
--- a/smartgears/social-networking-library-ws/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/social-networking-library-ws/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #    - name: Copy the social_networking_library_ws war into the tomcat webapps dir
 #      copy: src={{ smartgears_downloads_dir }}/{{ social_networking_library_ws_file }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ social_networking_library_ws_name }}.{{ social_networking_library_ws_extension }} remote_src=yes force=yes
 #      notify: Restart smartgears
+    - name: Create the socialnetworking working directory
+      file: path={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ social_networking_library_ws_name }} state=directory owner={{ smartgears_user }} group={{ smartgears_user }}
 
     - name: Unarchive the social_networking_library_ws war into the tomcat webapps dir
       unarchive: copy=no src={{ smartgears_downloads_dir }}/{{ social_networking_library_ws_file }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ social_networking_library_ws_name }} creates='{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ social_networking_library_ws_name }}/WEB-INF/lib'