diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/Rocky.yml b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/Rocky.yml
index 615bc82..5fb9c89 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/Rocky.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/Rocky.yml
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@
         state: started
       when: inventory_hostname == 'rocky9-vm01.home.lan'
 
+    - name: Create .kube directory
+      file:
+        path: /home/{{ ansible_user }}/.kube
+        state: directory
+        owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+        group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+        mode: '0755'
+
     - name: Copy kubeconfig to user
       copy:
         remote_src: yes