diff --git a/media.yaml b/media.yaml
index 153bc7e..d0292ca 100644
--- a/media.yaml
+++ b/media.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- hosts: biff
+- hosts: emmett
   roles:
     - role: lxc_guest
       vm_name: media
diff --git a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yaml
index ab6ede5..a2e8764 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@
 
 - name: create nginx location configuration directory
   file:
-    path: '/etc/nginx/locations/{{ server_fqdn }}/'
+    path: '{{ item }}'
     state: directory
     mode: 0755
     owner: www-data
     group: www-data
-    recurse: yes
+  with_items:
+    - /etc/nginx/locations/
+    - '/etc/nginx/locations/{{ server_fqdn }}/'
 
 - name: upload nginx configuration
   template:
diff --git a/roles/webdav/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/webdav/tasks/main.yaml
index bf6aefa..7a1be5d 100644
--- a/roles/webdav/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/webdav/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+- name: install utilities
+  apt:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+    update_cache: yes
+    cache_valid_time: 3600
+  with_items:
+    - apache2-utils
+
 - name: create directories to serve
   file:
     path: '{{ server_path }}/{{ item }}'