diff --git a/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml b/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
index 3670b6b..0c58763 100644
--- a/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+nginx:
+  volume_folder: "{{ volume_root_folder }}/nginx"
+
 ldap:
   domain: "ldap.{{ base_domain }}"
 
diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/services/nginx-proxy.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/services/nginx-proxy.yml
index a97edd2..7e8ff41 100644
--- a/roles/docker/tasks/services/nginx-proxy.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/services/nginx-proxy.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 ---
 
-- docker_volume:
-    name: "{{ volume }}"
-  with_items:
+- name: create nginx-proxy volume folders
+  file:
+    name: "{{ nginx.volume_folder }}/{{ volume }}"
+    state: directory
+  loop:
     - conf
     - vhost
     - html
@@ -22,11 +24,11 @@
       - "80:80"
       - "443:443"
     volumes:
-      - conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d
-      - vhost:/etc/nginx/vhost.d
-      - html:/usr/share/nginx/html
-      - dhparam:/etc/nginx/dhparam
-      - certs:/etc/nginx/certs:ro
+      - "{{ nginx.volume_folder }}/conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d"
+      - "{{ nginx.volume_folder }}/vhost:/etc/nginx/vhost.d"
+      - "{{ nginx.volume_folder }}/html:/usr/share/nginx/html"
+      - "{{ nginx.volume_folder }}/dhparam:/etc/nginx/dhparam"
+      - "{{ nginx.volume_folder }}/certs:/etc/nginx/certs:ro"
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
 
 - name: nginx letsencrypt container
@@ -35,10 +37,11 @@
     image: jrcs/letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion
     restart_policy: always
     volumes:
-      - vhost:/etc/nginx/vhost.d
-      - html:/usr/share/nginx/html
-      - dhparam:/etc/nginx/dhparam:ro
-      - certs:/etc/nginx/certs
+      - "{{ nginx.volume_folder }}/vhost:/etc/nginx/vhost.d"
+      - "{{ nginx.volume_folder }}/html:/usr/share/nginx/html"
+      - "{{ nginx.volume_folder }}/dhparam:/etc/nginx/dhparam:ro"
+      - "{{ nginx.volume_folder }}/certs:/etc/nginx/certs"
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
     env:
       NGINX_PROXY_CONTAINER: nginx-proxy
+