diff --git a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
index 35b5c37..9af280d 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@
     state: present
     update_cache: yes
 
-- name: create web user
+- name: create wwwuser group
+  group:
+    name: "{{ www_group }}"
+    state: present
+    system: true
+
+- name: create wwwuser user
   user:
     name: "{{ www_user }}"
     group: "{{ www_group }}"