diff --git a/manifests/main/dirs.pp b/manifests/main/dirs.pp
index 5383ff7..012bde4 100644
--- a/manifests/main/dirs.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/dirs.pp
@@ -6,5 +6,14 @@
 class confdroid_gitea::main::dirs (
 
 ) inherits confdroid_gitea::params {
-  require confdroid_gitea::main::user
+  if $ga_host_fqdn == $fqdn {
+    require confdroid_gitea::main::user
+    file { $ga_working_dir:
+      ensure  => 'directory',
+      mode    => '0755',
+      owner   => $ga_user,
+      group   => $ga_user,
+      recurse => true,
+    }
+  }
 }