diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 940e2bf..c2f6ec5 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ---
-submodules_versioncheck: true
+# should we do a version check? (recomended)
+submodules_versioncheck: false
 
-ranger_repo: 'https://github.com/ranger/ranger.git'
-ranger_branch: 'master'
-ranger_download_directory: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default('~/.ansible/tmp/downloads/ranger') }}"
+# variables for ranger
+ranger:
+  repo: 'https://github.com/ranger/ranger.git'
+  branch: 'master'
+  download_directory: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default('~/.ansible/tmp/downloads/ranger') }}"
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 300fa93..0e0bc00 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+- name: combine ranger configuration
+  set_fact:
+    ranger: "{{ _ranger|combine(ranger, recursive=True) }}"
+
 - include_tasks: versioncheck.yml
   when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
 
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 264ec8f..9892adf 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 ---
+# versionscheck
 playbook_version_number: 1025 # should be over ninethousand
 playbook_version_path: 'role-ranger_chaos-bodensee_github.com.version' 
+
+# variables for ranger
+ranger:
+  repo: 'https://github.com/ranger/ranger.git'
+  branch: 'master'
+  download_directory: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default('~/.ansible/tmp/downloads/ranger') }}"