diff --git a/ansible/main.yml b/ansible/main.yml
index 9632393c..50d4d50d 100644
--- a/ansible/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/main.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       git:
         repo: https://github.com/kejadlen/dotfiles.git
         dest: ~/.dotfiles
+      ignore_errors: yes
     - name: update homebrew
       homebrew: update_homebrew=yes
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/main.yml
index 17727d08..c57b16b0 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 - name: create config directories
   file: path={{ item }} state=directory
   with_items: "{{ conf_dirs }}"
diff --git a/ansible/vars/dotfiles.yml b/ansible/roles/dotfiles/vars/main.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/vars/dotfiles.yml
rename to ansible/roles/dotfiles/vars/main.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/osx/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/osx/tasks/main.yml
index a39450a6..b1650059 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/osx/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/osx/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     dest: "{{ item }}"
     rsync_opts: --ignore-existing
   with_items: "{{ app_prefs }}"
+  when: inventory_hostname != "localhost"
 
 - include: dock.yml