diff --git a/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/main.yml
index 4b8e5eaf..db033488 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     mode: '0755'
     owner: root
     group: root
+    force: true
 
 - name: create sanoid directories
   become: true