diff --git a/ansible/roles/assets/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/assets/tasks/main.yml
index ad8bc81..820903c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/assets/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/assets/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
     - /opt/metacluster/helm-charts
     - /opt/metacluster/k3s
     - /opt/metacluster/kube-vip
-    - /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops/charts
-    - /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops/values
     - /opt/workloadcluster/helm-charts
     - /opt/workloadcluster/node-templates
     - /var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/images
diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/gitops.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/gitops.yml
index d66e17b..9c3002a 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/gitops.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/gitops.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
     dest: /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops
     version: main
 
+- name: Create folder structure within new git-repository
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+  loop:
+    - /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops/charts
+    - /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops/values
+
 - name: Create hard-links to populate new git-repository
   ansible.builtin.shell:
     cmd: >-