diff --git a/roles/nginx/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nginx/server/tasks/main.yml
index 767fb5d..9f77876 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
     group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
   notify: restart nginx
 
+- name: fix logdir permissions
+  file:
+    path: "{{ nginx_logdir }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0755
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
+
 - name: disable system log rotate
   lineinfile:
     path: /etc/newsyslog.conf
@@ -52,6 +60,7 @@
     mode: 0755
     owner: root
     group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
+  when: ansible_os_family == "OpenBSD"
 
 - name: add logrotate cron job
   cron:
@@ -59,6 +68,7 @@
     hour: "0"
     minute: "0"
     job: /usr/local/sbin/nginx-logrotate
+  when: ansible_os_family == "OpenBSD"
 
 - import_role:
     name: sftpuser