diff --git a/tasks/main_certs.yml b/tasks/main_certs.yml
index 9b61fb1..cf64cc2 100644
--- a/tasks/main_certs.yml
+++ b/tasks/main_certs.yml
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@
 
 - name: Create certificate destination directories
   file:
-    path: "{{ install.item.dest | dirname }}"
+    path: "{{ install }}"
     state: directory
     mode: "0755"
-  loop: "{{ _cert_slurp.results }}"
+  loop: "{{ _cert_slurp.results | map(attribute='item') | map(attribute='dest') | map('dirname') | unique }}"
   loop_control:
     loop_var: install
     label: "{{ loop_label | to_json }}"
   vars:
     loop_label:
-      path: "{{ install.item.dest | dirname }}"
+      path: "{{ install }}"
       state: directory
       mode: '0755'