diff --git a/tasks/dotfiles.yml b/tasks/dotfiles.yml
index 3cf84f3..92dbf59 100644
--- a/tasks/dotfiles.yml
+++ b/tasks/dotfiles.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,21 @@
     update: yes
   when: dotfile_ssh_clone.failed
 
-- name: create git configuration directory
-  file:
-    path: '{{ xdg_config_dir }}/git'
+- name: Create xdg configuration directories
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: '{{ item }}'
     state: directory
+    mode: '644'
+  loop:
+    - '{{ xdg_config_dir }}/git'
+    - '{{ xdg_config_dir }}/tmux'
+
+- name: Remove previous dotfiles
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: '{{ item }}'
+    state: absent
+  loop:
+    - '{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.tmux.conf'
 
 - name: setup dotfiles
   file:
@@ -41,7 +52,7 @@
       }
     - {
         src: '{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/dotfiles/.tmux.conf',
-        dest: '{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.tmux.conf',
+        dest: '{{ xdg_config_dir }}/tmux/tmux.conf',
       }
     - {
         src: '{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/dotfiles/.gitignore',