diff --git a/ansible/ansible.cfg b/ansible/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4e4c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[defaults]
+nocows = 1
+host_key_checking = False
+retry_files_enabled = False
+inventory = ./hosts
+become_ask_pass = True
+
+[ssh_connection]
+pipelining = True
diff --git a/scripts/ansible-lint.sh b/scripts/ansible-lint.sh
index 7b33cc5..0cbfff6 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible-lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/ansible-lint.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-PATH=env/bin:${PATH}
+PATH=${PWD}/env/bin:${PATH}
 
 set -x
 
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ yamllint -sc yamllint.yml ansible/
 
 ansible-lint ansible/main.yml -p -c ansible/.ansible-lint
 
-ansible-playbook -i ansible/hosts ansible/main.yml --syntax-check
+cd ansible/ && ansible-playbook main.yml --syntax-check
diff --git a/scripts/ansible.sh b/scripts/ansible.sh
index 0f1838f..ef2ffb2 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible.sh
+++ b/scripts/ansible.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 set -e
 
-PATH=env/bin:${PATH}
+PATH=${PWD}/env/bin:${PATH}
 
 set -x
 
-ansible-playbook -i ansible/hosts ansible/main.yml -k -K --vault-password-file ansible/.vault_pass
+cd ansible/
+
+ansible-playbook --check main.yml -k -K --vault-password-file .vault_pass