diff --git a/debian.yml b/debian.yml
index e86c7c1..1125ae0 100644
--- a/debian.yml
+++ b/debian.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
         user: '{{ ansible_user_id }}'
         items:
           - { domain: '{{ gitlab_domain }}', key: '{{ gitlab_host_key }}' }
-  roles:
-    - common
   tasks:
     - import_tasks: 'tasks/dotfiles.yml'
     - import_tasks: 'tasks/neovim.yml'
diff --git a/tasks/neovim.yml b/tasks/neovim.yml
index 9a3b704..6a98873 100644
--- a/tasks/neovim.yml
+++ b/tasks/neovim.yml
@@ -150,14 +150,23 @@
       }
 
 - block:
-  - name: register the current version
+  - name: create neovim install directory
+    become: true
+    file:
+      state: directory
+      path: '{{ neovim.install_path }}'
+      owner: '{{ ansible_user_id }}'
+      group: '{{ ansible_user_gid }}'
+
+  - name: register the current neovim version
     command:
       argv:
         - '{{ neovim.install_path }}/bin/nvim'
         - '--version'
     register: neovim_stats
+    ignore_errors: true
 
-  - name: parse the current version
+  - name: parse the current neovim version
     set_fact:
       neovim_installed_version: neovim_stats.stdout_lines[0] | regex_search('(v\d+\.\d+\.\d+)')
     when: neovim_stats.rc == 0
@@ -176,17 +185,10 @@
       extra_opts:
         - '--strip-components=1'
         - '--show-stored-names'
-    when: neovim_download.rc == 0
+        - '--overwrite'
+    when: neovim_download.state == 'file' and
+          (neovim_installed_version is undefined or neovim_installed_version != neovim.version)
 
-  - name: set updated PATH variable
-    set_fact:
-      neovim_new_path: '{{ neovim.install_path }}/bin'
-
-  - name: Update PATH to include {{ neovim_new_path }}
-    ansible.builtin.replace:
-      path: '~/.profile'
-      regexp: '^PATH="{{ ansible_env.PATH }}"'
-      replace: 'PATH="{{ ansible_env.PATH }}:{{ neovim_new_path }}"'
-    when: neovim_new_path not in ansible_env.PATH
+    # TODO: add new entry to PATH
 
   when: ansible_facts['os_family'] == 'Debian'
diff --git a/vars/debian.yml b/vars/debian.yml
index 6ccab17..2b3d914 100644
--- a/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/vars/debian.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ansible_connection: local
-ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/env python'
+ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/python3'
 
 packages:
   - python3
   - git
   - vim
   - npm
-  - tree-sitter
+  - libtree-sitter0
   - ripgrep
 
 neovim: