diff --git a/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml b/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml
index 0d898fb..ed0c433 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml
@@ -12,22 +12,6 @@
     keycloak_quarkus_https_enabled: True
     keycloak_quarkus_key_file: conf/key.pem
     keycloak_quarkus_cert_file: conf/cert.pem
-  pre_tasks:
-    - command: openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -sha256 -days 365 -nodes -subj '/CN=instance'
-      delegate_to: localhost
-    - lineinfile:
-        dest: /etc/hosts
-        line: "127.0.0.1 instance"
-        state: present
-      delegate_to: localhost
-      become: yes
-    - copy:
-        src: "{{ item }}"
-        dest: "/opt/keycloak/keycloak-18.0.0/conf/{{ item }}"
-        mode: 0444
-      loop:
-        - cert.pem
-        - key.pem
   roles:
     - role: keycloak_quarkus
     - role: keycloak_realm
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus/prepare.yml b/molecule/quarkus/prepare.yml
index bda79cf..7d95f2f 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus/prepare.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,21 @@
       ansible.builtin.yum:
         name: sudo
         state: present
+    - command: openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -sha256 -days 365 -nodes -subj '/CN=instance'
+      delegate_to: localhost
+    - lineinfile:
+        dest: /etc/hosts
+        line: "127.0.0.1 instance"
+        state: present
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      become: yes
+    - file:
+        state: directory
+        path: /opt/keycloak/keycloak-18.0.0/conf/
+    - copy:
+        src: "{{ item }}"
+        dest: "/opt/keycloak/keycloak-18.0.0/conf/{{ item }}"
+        mode: 0444
+      loop:
+        - cert.pem
+        - key.pem