diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 01c35f7..062e1e3 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,16 @@
   service: name=cronie.service enabled=yes state=started
   become: yes
 
+- name: ensure root cron file exist
+  file:
+      path: /var/spool/cron/root 
+      mode: 600 # not required. Mode the file or directory should be. For those used to I(/usr/bin/chmod) remember that modes are actually octal numbers. You must either add a leading zero so that Ansible's YAML parser knows it is an octal number (like C(0644) or C(01777)) or quote it (like C('644') or C('1777')) so Ansible receives a string and can do its own conversion from string into number.  Giving Ansible a number without following one of these rules will end up with a decimal number which will have unexpected results. As of version 1.8, the mode may be specified as a symbolic mode (for example, C(u+rwx) or C(u=rw,g=r,o=r)).      
+      state: "touch"
+  become: true
+
 - name: Set MAILFROM
   become: true
   lineinfile:
     dest: /var/spool/cron/root
     regexp: "MAILFROM="
-    line: "MAILFROM= {{inventory_hostname}}@{{domain.name}}"
\ No newline at end of file
+    line: "MAILFROM= {{inventory_hostname}}@{{domain.name}}"