diff --git a/tasks/prometheus.yaml b/tasks/prometheus.yaml
index f5d0564..ae48918 100644
--- a/tasks/prometheus.yaml
+++ b/tasks/prometheus.yaml
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "/mnt/prometheus"
     state: "directory"
+    owner: "nobody"
+    group: "nogroup"
     mode: "0775"
 
 - name: "create prometheus data directory"
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "/mnt/prometheus/data"
     state: "directory"
+    owner: "nobody"
+    group: "nogroup"
     mode: "0775"
 
 # create prometheus config