diff --git a/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
index de3be751a3b9ea4099a56ad24906282c851035ae..bc826f82fc81b05bb96211230145112eb7359e0a 100644
--- a/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 
 - name: Create PHP website admin user
   user: name="{{ admin }}" uid="{{ admin_uid | default(omit) }}" group="{{ user }}"
-        shell=/bin/bash createhome=no home="{{ home }}" state=present
+        shell=/bin/bash createhome=yes home="{{ home }}" state=present
 
-- name: Create home directory for the user (avoid populating with skeleton)
-  file: path="{{ home }}" state=directory
-        owner="{{ admin }}" group="{{ user }}" mode=2750
+- name: Set-up directory for storing user profile configuration files
+  file: path="{{ home }}/.profile.d" state=directory
+        owner="{{ admin }}" group="{{ user }}" mode=750
 
 - name: Create PHP website user
   user: name="{{ user }}" uid="{{ uid | default(omit) }}" group="{{ user }}" comment="umask=0007"