diff --git a/roles/docker-compose/defaults/main.yml b/roles/docker-compose/defaults/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b06ca1b0..00000000
--- a/roles/docker-compose/defaults/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-docker_compose_instance_directory:  "{{ path_docker_compose_instances + docker_compose_project_name + '/' }}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/docker-compose/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker-compose/tasks/main.yml
index 75fa2f0b..f5fd6b28 100644
--- a/roles/docker-compose/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker-compose/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+- name: "Set global docker_compose_instance_directory: {{ path_docker_compose_instances }}{{ docker_compose_project_name }}/"
+  set_fact:
+    docker_compose_instance_directory: "{{ path_docker_compose_instances }}{{ docker_compose_project_name }}/"
+
 - name: "remove {{ docker_compose_instance_directory }} and all its contents"
   file:
     path: "{{ docker_compose_instance_directory }}"