diff --git a/tasks/deploy/gitcomposer.yml b/tasks/deploy/gitcomposer.yml
index 953c2431cd4f167d24cf766c28b612d20a266d1c..7bb8312586d9049089b6360e14d8569b07ff4074 100644
--- a/tasks/deploy/gitcomposer.yml
+++ b/tasks/deploy/gitcomposer.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     owner: 'root'
     group: 'root'
     mode: '775'
+    recurse: yes
 
 - name: "Clone Git Repository"
   git:
diff --git a/tasks/scss.yml b/tasks/scss.yml
index 7f055bd082d0ce8b44e952c68b6ecd152e1e707d..d28e5c498e6b53ec5be7f42031d8c0578b2efb1a 100644
--- a/tasks/scss.yml
+++ b/tasks/scss.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 ---
 # file: roles/drupal/tasks/scss.yml
 
+- name: "Make Directory writable"
+  file:
+    path: '{{ drupalRoot }}{{ scss_dir }}'
+    state: 'directory'
+    owner: 'root'
+    group: 'root'
+    mode: '775'
+    recurse: yes
+
 - name: "Install and update tools, then compile SCSS"
   shell: '{{ item }}'
   args: