diff --git a/tasks/testing.yml b/tasks/testing.yml
index c6adecc..9ca3b3d 100644
--- a/tasks/testing.yml
+++ b/tasks/testing.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,24 @@
         state: present
         update_cache: yes
 
+
+    - name: "[PREFLIGHT] Ensure 'snippets' is enabled for {{ proxmox_snippets_storage }}"
+      ansible.builtin.replace:
+        path: /etc/pve/storage.cfg
+        regexp: '(dir:\s*{{ proxmox_snippets_storage }}[\s\S]*?content\s+)(.*)(?<!snippets)'
+        replace: '\1\2,snippets'
+      vars: 
+        proxmox_snippets_storage: local
+        
+    - name: "[PREFLIGHT] Ensure snippets storage directory exists"
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "{{ proxmox_snippets_storage_path }}/snippets"
+        state: directory
+        mode: "0755"
+      vars: 
+        proxmox_snippets_storage_path: /var/lib/vz
+
+
     - name: Deploy templates with proxmox_template_vm
       ansible.builtin.include_role:
         name: joshrnoll.homelab.proxmox_template_vm