diff --git a/ansible/roles/server/files/znc/znc.service b/ansible/roles/server/files/znc/znc.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7efbddf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/server/files/znc/znc.service
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=ZNC, an advanced IRC bouncer
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/znc -f
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/ansible/roles/server/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/server/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86e9014b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+- authorized_key:
+    user: alpha
+    state: present
+    key: "{{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/pressure_drop_rsa.pub') }}"
+
+- name: apt update cache
+  apt: update_cache=yes
+  become: true
+- name: apt upgrade dist
+  apt: upgrade=dist
+  become: true
+- name: install/upgrade packages
+  apt: name={{ item }} state=present
+  become: true
+  with_items:
+    - libpam-systemd
+    - vim
+
+- file:
+    path: ~/.config/systemd/user
+    state: directory
+
+- include: znc.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/server/tasks/znc.yml b/ansible/roles/server/tasks/znc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11506a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/server/tasks/znc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+- name: install/upgrade znc
+  apt: name=znc state=latest
+  become: true
+
+- name: znc config
+  copy:
+    src: znc/{{ item }}
+    dest: ~/.znc/{{ item | splitext | first }}
+  with_items:
+    - configs/znc.conf.private
+    - znc.pem.private
+
+- name: znc systemd
+  copy:
+    src: znc/znc.service
+    dest: ~/.config/systemd/user/znc.service
+
+- name: restart znc
+  systemd:
+    name: znc
+    daemon_reload: yes
+    enabled: yes
+    state: restarted
+    user: yes
diff --git a/ansible/server.yml b/ansible/server.yml
index de3d8926..fe5b8d2c 100644
--- a/ansible/server.yml
+++ b/ansible/server.yml
@@ -1,22 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- name: Setup SSH key
-  hosts: servers
-  tasks:
-    - authorized_key:
-        user: alpha
-        state: present
-        key: "{{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/pressure_drop_rsa.pub') }}"
-
-- name: Update apt
-  hosts: servers
-  tasks:
-    - apt: update_cache=yes
-      become: true
-    - apt: upgrade=dist
-      become: true
-
-- name: Setup ZNC
-  hosts: servers
-  tasks:
-    - apt: name=znc state=present
-      become: true
+- hosts: servers
+  roles:
+    - role: server