diff --git a/roles/prometheus/README.md b/roles/prometheus/README.md
index ba48457..5ffac41 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus/README.md
+++ b/roles/prometheus/README.md
@@ -17,15 +17,12 @@ Target node:
 
 Role Variables
 --------------
-```
-prometheus_version: 3.2.1                 # prometheus version
-prometheus_dir: "/etc/prometheus"         # where to install prometheus
-prometheus_user: prometheus               # user name
-prometheus_group: prometheus              # groups name
-prometheus_config_dir: "/etc/prometheus/conf"        # where to place prometheus config
-prometheus_db_dir: "/var/lib/prometheus"             # where to store prometheus db
-prometheus_config_source_dir: prometheus             # path to config files on source
-prometheus_alertrules_source_dir: prometheus/rules   # path to rule files  on source
+
+- `prometheus_version`: the desired Prometheus version
+- `prometheus_config_source_dir`: where to find config files on the controller
+- `prometheus_config_dir`: path for Prometheus configuration file on the target machine 
+- `prometheus_db_dir`: location for the TSDB files
+- `prometheus_alertrules_source_dir`: where to find alert rules on the controller
 ```
 
 Dependencies
diff --git a/roles/prometheus/tasks/install.yml b/roles/prometheus/tasks/install.yml
index 03877de..52914c5 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus/tasks/install.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,19 @@
     create_home: false
     state: present
 
-- name: "Install | Install the binary"
+- name: "Install | Create directories {{ item }}"
+  loop:
+    - "{{ prometheus_config_dir }}"
+    - "{{ prometheus_config_dir }}/rules"
+    - "{{ prometheus_db_dir }}"
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "prometheus"
+    group: "prometheus"
+    mode: "0755"
+
+- name: "Install | Install the binaries"
   block:
     - name: "Install | Check Prometheus version"
       changed_when: false
@@ -22,18 +34,6 @@
         fail_msg: "prometheus version {{ prometheus_version }} is not installed or not working correctly"
 
   rescue:
-    - name: "Install | Create directories {{ item }}"
-      with_items:
-        - "{{ prometheus_config_dir }}"
-        - "{{ prometheus_config_dir }}/rules"
-        - "{{ prometheus_db_dir }}"
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: "{{ item }}"
-        state: directory
-        owner: "prometheus"
-        group: "prometheus"
-        mode: "0755"
-
     - name: "Install | Fetch and unpack the distribution"
       notify: "(Re)start Prometheus service"
       ansible.builtin.unarchive:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         remote_src: true
 
     - name: "Install | Put the binaries under the PATH"
-      with_items:
+      loop:
         - prometheus
         - promtool
       ansible.builtin.copy: