diff --git a/playbooks/local_ssh.yml b/playbooks/local_ssh.yml
index cf5c175..20b8886 100644
--- a/playbooks/local_ssh.yml
+++ b/playbooks/local_ssh.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     dest: "~/.ssh/config"
     marker: "# {mark} ALGO MANAGED BLOCK {{ cloud_instance_ip|default(server_ip) }}"
     insertbefore: BOF
+    create: yes
     block: |
       Host {{ cloud_instance_ip|default(server_ip) }}
       	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/algo.pem