diff --git a/ansible/roles/cheaha.node/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cheaha.node/tasks/main.yml
index 1724f3c3e313a0b031f67011ae987035c3ce97b4..37ecd8768aab0c98f9377ac4ae95fc1dbebafb6b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cheaha.node/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cheaha.node/tasks/main.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
     - { dir: /scratch, mode: '0755' }
     - { dir: /share, mode: '0755' }
     - { dir: /data/rc/apps, mode: '0755' } # this is only required for the symlink to be happy
+    - { dir: /data/user, mode: '0755' }
+    - { dir: /data/project, mode: '0755' }
 - name: Set up NFS GPFS mount point(s)
   ansible.posix.mount:
     path: "{{ item.path }}"