diff --git a/tasks/config.yml b/tasks/config.yml
index 79a0196..1b20583 100644
--- a/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/tasks/config.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     state: directory
     owner: "{{ besu_user }}"
     group: "{{ besu_group }}"
+    recurse: yes
   become: true
 
 - name: Generate config file
@@ -28,4 +29,5 @@
     state: directory
     owner: "{{ besu_user }}"
     group: "{{ besu_group }}"
+    recurse: yes
   become: true