diff --git a/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/install_bip.yml b/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/install_bip.yml
index 90f7c477..4ce13347 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/install_bip.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/install_bip.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     group: binstall
   with_items:
     - "{{ sap_bip_installation_directory }}"
-    - "{{ sap_bip_archived_logs_directory }}"
     - "{{ sap_bip_responsefiles_directory }}"
 
 - block:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/main.yml
index 40946c90..3d0209f4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/main.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
         - ncr_bip_setup_provisioning
         - ncr_bip_redeploy_tomcat
 
+    - import_tasks: setup_archived_logs.yml
+      tags:
+        - ec2provision
+        - ncr_bip_setup_archived_logs
+
     - import_tasks: install_bip.yml
       tags:
         - ec2provision
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/setup_archived_logs.yml b/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/setup_archived_logs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..613734f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/setup_archived_logs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+- name: Create archived log directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0775
+    owner: bobj
+    group: binstall
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ sap_bip_archived_logs_directory }}"
+
+- name: Setup archived log cleanup cron
+  ansible.builtin.cron:
+    name: "log_cleanup"
+    minute: "0"
+    hour: "3"
+    weekday: "MON,WED,FRI"
+    job: "find {{ sap_bip_archived_logs_directory }} -mtime +365 -prune -exec rm -rf {} \\;"
+    user: bobj
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/setup_tomcat_restart.yml b/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/setup_tomcat_restart.yml
index 49882df5..1f8ba82b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/setup_tomcat_restart.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ncr-bip/tasks/setup_tomcat_restart.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 ---
 - block:
-    - name: Create web only directories
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: "{{ item }}"
-        owner: bobj
-        group: binstall
-        state: directory
-      loop:
-        - "{{ sap_bip_archived_logs_directory }}"
-
     - name: Copy tomcat restart script
       ansible.builtin.template:
         src: "{{ item }}"
@@ -28,14 +19,5 @@
         job: "/home/bobj/tomcat_restart.sh"
         user: bobj
 
-    - name: Setup log cleanup cron
-      ansible.builtin.cron:
-        name: "log_cleanup"
-        minute: "0"
-        hour: "3"
-        weekday: "MON,WED,FRI"
-        job: "find {{ sap_bip_archived_logs_directory }} -mtime +365 -prune -exec rm -rf {} \\;"
-        user: bobj
-
   #  block
   when: sap_web_apps is defined