diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index c1c8539..5e8b628 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ---
 websvn__manage_packages: true
 websvn__state: 'present'
+websvn__web_user: nginx
+websvn__web_group: nginx
+websvn__version: 2.5
+
 
 # should we do a version check? (recomended)
 submodules_versioncheck: false
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index d36ce86..31de06e 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     name: "{{ websvn__packages }}"
     state: "{{ websvn__state }}"
   register: websvn
-  failed_when: false
+  ignore_errors: true
 
 - include_tasks: manual_install_websvn.yml
   when: websvn.failed | bool
diff --git a/tasks/manual_install_websvn.yml b/tasks/manual_install_websvn.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b620f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/manual_install_websvn.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+- name: make sure /var/www exist
+  become: true
+  file:
+    path: /var/www
+    recurse: yes
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ websvn__web_user }}"
+    group: "{{ websvn__web_group }}"
+
+- name: clone websvn
+  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ websvn__web_user }}"
+  git:
+    repo: https://github.com/websvnphp/websvn.git
+    dest: /var/www/websvn
+    version: "{{ websvn__version }}"
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 3bb8011..f86ec4a 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ websvn__packages:
 
 
 # versionscheck
-playbook_version_number: 8 # should be over ninethousand
+playbook_version_number: 12 # should be over ninethousand
 playbook_version_path: 'role-websvn_roles-ansible_github.com.version'