diff --git a/roles/onos-vm-install/files/onos-setup-playbook.yml b/roles/onos-vm-install/files/onos-setup-playbook.yml
index 88839d0..5a28625 100644
--- a/roles/onos-vm-install/files/onos-setup-playbook.yml
+++ b/roles/onos-vm-install/files/onos-setup-playbook.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
       pip:
         name=docker-compose
 
+    - name: Create CORD directory
+      file:
+        path={{ ansible_user_dir }}/cord
+        state=directory
+
     - name: Copy over SSH keys
       copy:
         src=~/.ssh/{{ item }}
@@ -57,11 +62,6 @@
        - id_rsa
        - id_rsa.pub
 
-    - name: Create CORD directory
-      file:
-        path={{ ansible_user_dir }}/cord
-        state=directory
-
     - name: Copy over docker-compose.yml files
       copy:
         src=~/docker-compose.yml