diff --git a/roles/redis/defaults/main.yml b/roles/redis/defaults/main.yml
index 4e4829a..12a3a53 100644
--- a/roles/redis/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/redis/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 redis_enabled: false
 redis_port: 6379
 redis_password: 1XoRW/Vgz+LdKLXeh9uwdBrYPBJKhIJR
+redis_data_directory: /opt/conda-store/redis/
diff --git a/roles/redis/tasks/redis.yaml b/roles/redis/tasks/redis.yaml
index 02293d5..6394ec7 100644
--- a/roles/redis/tasks/redis.yaml
+++ b/roles/redis/tasks/redis.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@
   shell: echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.redis.io/deb $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/redis.list
   become: true
 
+- name: Ensure Redis data directory exists
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ redis_data_directory }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: redis
+    group: redis
+    mode: '0755'
+
 - name: Install redis
   apt:
     name: redis
@@ -21,23 +29,6 @@
     update_cache: yes
   become: true
 
-#- name: Add Redis PPA
-#  ansible.builtin.apt_repository:
-#    repo: "ppa:redislabs/redis"
-#    state: present
-#  become: true
-#
-#- name: Update apt cache
-#  ansible.builtin.apt:
-#    update_cache: yes
-#  become: true
-#
-#- name: Install specific Redis version
-#  ansible.builtin.apt:
-#    name: "redis-server=7.2*"
-#    state: present
-#  become: true
-
 - name: Ensure Redis is started
   service: name=redis-server state=started enabled=yes
   become: true
diff --git a/roles/redis/templates/redis.conf.j2 b/roles/redis/templates/redis.conf.j2
index f9e5424..ec604dd 100644
--- a/roles/redis/templates/redis.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/redis/templates/redis.conf.j2
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ rdb-del-sync-files no
 # The Append Only File will also be created inside this directory.
 #
 # Note that you must specify a directory here, not a file name.
-dir ./
+dir {{ redis_data_directory }}
 
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