diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 9a0c3cb..1ba1583 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ sshd_default_allowed_groups:
   - "root"
   - "admins"
 
-
 # Enable AllowUsers and AllowGroups options
 restrict_allow_users: True
 
-# Require ed25519 key
+# Forcing only ed25519 SSH keys
 only_allow_ed25519: true 
 
 # Allow login with password?
@@ -27,3 +26,6 @@ generate_ecdsa_too: false
 use_diffie_hellman_group_exchange_sha256: false
 use_aes256_ctr: false
 use_hmac_sha2_512: false
+
+# version check for this playbook
+submodules_versioncheck: true
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 7123547..0252f4e 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,37 @@
 ---
+- name: Create directory for versionscheck
+  become: true
+  file:
+    path: '/etc/ansible-version'
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0755
+  when: submodules_versioncheck
+
+- name: check playbook version
+  become: true
+  slurp:
+    src: "{{ playbook_version_path }}"
+  register: playbook_version 
+  when: submodules_versioncheck
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: Print version
+  debug:
+    msg: "Remote playbook version: '{{ playbook_version.content | default('Y3VycmVudGx5IG5vdCBkZXBsb3llZAo=') | b64decode | string }}'. Local playbook version: '{{ playbook_version_number|string }}'."
+  when: submodules_versioncheck
+
+- name: Check if your version is outdated
+  fail:
+    msg: "Your current ansible module has the version '{{ playbook_version_number }}' and is outdated. Please update it at least to version '{{ playbook_version.content | default('Y3VycmVudGx5IG5vdCBkZXBsb3llZAo=') | b64decode }}'!"
+  when: 
+    - playbook_version.content|default("Mgo=")|b64decode|int - 1 >= playbook_version_number|int and submodules_versioncheck 
+
+- name: write new version to remote disk
+  become: true
+  copy:
+    content: "{{ playbook_version_number }}"
+    dest: "{{ playbook_version_path }}"
+  when: submodules_versioncheck
 
 - name: register os-specific variables
   include_vars: default.yml
diff --git a/vars/default.yml b/vars/default.yml
index d956930..46b99b4 100644
--- a/vars/default.yml
+++ b/vars/default.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 ---
-
 ssh_service: ssh
 
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afc02dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+playbook_version_number: 100
+playbook_version_path: '/etc/ansible-version/role-sshd_chaos-bodensee_github.com.version' 
+
+