diff --git a/tasks/configure_bash.yml b/tasks/configure_bash.yml
index 4debb330c3344668f2a28b48546f1021ff794b86..3bcec2a2090272e895f35e416e0e8c6f8a58210c 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_bash.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_bash.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 - name: add more Bash aliases
   ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
     path: "/etc/profile.d/bash_aliases.sh"
+    create: true
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
     mode: "0644"