diff --git a/roles/docker-akaunting/readme.md b/roles/docker-akaunting/readme.md
index dff736e2..c776183d 100644
--- a/roles/docker-akaunting/readme.md
+++ b/roles/docker-akaunting/readme.md
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ bash docker-volume-recover.sh akaunting_akaunting-db ${machine_id:0:64} "$backup
 
 ```
 
+## todo 
+- implement build when new akaunting version is set
+
 ## Further information
 - https://github.com/akaunting/docker
 - https://akaunting.com/forum/discussion/installation-update/updating-to-300-failed-cant-manually-update-either
diff --git a/roles/docker-akaunting/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker-akaunting/tasks/main.yml
index 3d388abc..f06add75 100644
--- a/roles/docker-akaunting/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker-akaunting/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,16 +6,37 @@
   template: src=roles/native-docker-reverse-proxy/templates/domain.conf.j2 dest=/etc/nginx/conf.d/{{domain}}.conf
   notify: restart nginx
 
+- name: register directory
+  stat:
+    path: "{{docker_compose_akaunting_path}}"
+  register: docker_compose_akaunting_path_register
+
+- name: checkout repository 
+  ansible.builtin.shell: git checkout .
+  become: true
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{docker_compose_akaunting_path}}"
+  when: docker_compose_akaunting_path_register.stat.exists
+  become: true
+
 - name: pull docker repository
   git:
     repo: "https://github.com/akaunting/docker.git"
-    dest: "/home/administrator/docker-compose/akaunting/"
+    dest: "{{docker_compose_akaunting_path}}"
     update: yes
+  notify: setup akaunting
+  become: true
+
+- name: set akaunting version
+  ansible.builtin.shell: find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/akaunting:latest/akaunting:{{akaunting_version}}/' {} + && find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/version=latest/version={{akaunting_version}}/' {} + 
+  become: true
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{docker_compose_akaunting_path}}"
 
 - name: configure db.env
-  template: src=db.env.j2 dest=/home/administrator/docker-compose/akaunting/env/db.env
+  template: src=db.env.j2 dest={{docker_compose_akaunting_path}}/env/db.env
   notify: setup akaunting
 
 - name: configure run.env
-  template: src=run.env.j2 dest=/home/administrator/docker-compose/akaunting/env/run.env
+  template: src=run.env.j2 dest={{docker_compose_akaunting_path}}/env/run.env
   notify: setup akaunting
diff --git a/roles/docker-akaunting/vars/main.yml b/roles/docker-akaunting/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70dc32af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker-akaunting/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docker_compose_akaunting_path: "/home/administrator/docker-compose/akaunting/"