diff --git a/defaults/main.yaml b/defaults/main.yaml
index aec1d94..f5cd26a 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ---
 
+# mitogen
+# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=mitogen-hq/mitogen versioning=pep440
+mitogen_version: "0.3.29"
+
 # semaphore options
 semaphore_admin_username: "admin"
 semaphore_admin_password: "admin"
diff --git a/tasks/install.yaml b/tasks/install.yaml
index 0df758f..8c4dbb9 100644
--- a/tasks/install.yaml
+++ b/tasks/install.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
     state: "directory"
     mode: "0775"
   loop:
+    - "/mnt/mitogen"
     - "/mnt/semaphore"
-    - "/mnt/semaphore/data"
     - "/mnt/semaphore/config"
+    - "/mnt/semaphore/data"
     - "/mnt/semaphore/ssh"
     - "/mnt/semaphore/tmp"
 
@@ -33,6 +34,27 @@
     group: "1001"
     mode: "0400"
 
+# install mitogen
+- name: "install mitogen"
+
+  # tell git to ignore certs
+  environment:
+    GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY: "true"
+
+  # git checkout
+  ansible.builtin.git:
+    version: "v{{ mitogen_version }}"
+    dest: "/mnt/mitogen"
+    repo: "https://github.com/mitogen-hq/mitogen"
+
+# fix ownership
+- name: "set mitogen ownership"
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "/mnt/mitogen"
+    owner: "1001"
+    group: "1001"
+    recurse: yes
+
 # run semaphore
 - name: "run semaphore"
   community.docker.docker_container:
@@ -68,6 +90,7 @@
       - "/mnt/semaphore/config:/etc/semaphore"
       - "/mnt/semaphore/data:/var/lib/semaphore"
       - "/mnt/semaphore/tmp:/tmp/semaphore"
+      - "/mnt/mitogen:/tmp/mitogen"
 
     ports:
       - "3000:3000/tcp"