diff --git a/playbooks/roles/haskell/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/haskell/tasks/main.yml
index 752e25d..3c4dcd5 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/haskell/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/haskell/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 - name: Create directories for configuration
-  shell: mkdir ~/.ghc
+  file:
+    path: ~/.ghc
+    state: directory
 
 - name: Install ghci.conf
   template:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/shell/tasks/nvim.yml b/playbooks/roles/shell/tasks/nvim.yml
index 8cd285d..6a75288 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/shell/tasks/nvim.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/shell/tasks/nvim.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 ---
 - name: Create init.vim
   block:
-    - shell: mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim
+    - file:
+        path: ~/.config/nvim
+        state: directory
     - template:
         src: templates/init.vim.j2
         dest: ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/shell/tasks/tmux.yml b/playbooks/roles/shell/tasks/tmux.yml
index c979a03..638da20 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/shell/tasks/tmux.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/shell/tasks/tmux.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 - name: Create .tmux
-  shell: mkdir -p ~/.tmux
+  file:
+    path: ~/.tmux
+    state: directory
 
 - name: Clone tpm
   git:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/vscode/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/vscode/tasks/main.yml
index 9fbee25..23e19aa 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/vscode/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/vscode/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 ---
 - name: Create directories for VSCode
-  block:
-    - shell: mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
-    - shell: mkdir -p ~/.local/share
-    - shell: mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/Code - Insiders/User"
+  file:
+    path: {{ item }}
+    state: directory
+  loop:
+    - ~/.local/bin
+    - ~/.local/share
+    - "$HOME/.config/Code - Insiders/User"
 
 - name: Install VSCode script
   template: