diff --git a/roles/xorg/files/config/i3/config b/roles/user-account/files/i3/config
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/xorg/files/config/i3/config
rename to roles/user-account/files/i3/config
diff --git a/roles/user-account/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/user-account/tasks/main.yaml
index f9226c4..8c275c2 100644
--- a/roles/user-account/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/user-account/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,21 @@
       permissions: r
       state: present
 
+- name: ensure i3 config-dir exists
+  become_user: "{{ account.name }}"
+  file:
+      path: "/home/{{ account.name }}/.config/i3"
+      state: directory
+      mode: "0700"
+
+- name: install i3 config
+  become_user: "{{ account.name }}"
+  copy:
+      src: i3/config
+      dest: "/home/{{ account.name }}/.config/i3/config"
+      mode: "0644"
+      force: no
+
 - name: ensure i3status config-dir exists
   become_user: "{{ account.name }}"
   file:
@@ -104,4 +119,5 @@
       src: i3status/config
       dest: "/home/{{ account.name }}/.config/i3status/config"
       mode: "0644"
+      force: yes
 
diff --git a/roles/xorg/files/config/i3status/config b/roles/xorg/files/config/i3status/config
deleted file mode 100644
index 9216f6b..0000000
--- a/roles/xorg/files/config/i3status/config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-general {
-        colors = true
-        interval = 5
-}
-
-order += "battery all"
-order += "tztime local"
-
-battery all {
-        format = "%status %percentage %remaining"
-	format_down = ""
-	last_full_capacity = true
-}
-
-tztime local {
-        format = "%d.%m.%Y %H:%M"
-}
diff --git a/roles/xorg/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/xorg/tasks/main.yaml
index f85ae11..2111581 100644
--- a/roles/xorg/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/xorg/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -37,17 +37,3 @@
   command:
     cmd: localectl --no-convert set-x11-keymap de pc105 nodeadkeys
     creates: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
-
-- name: install i3 config
-  become_user: "{{ account.name }}"
-  copy:
-    src: config/i3/config
-    dest: "/home/{{ account.name }}/.config/i3/config"
-    force: no
-
-- name: install i3status config
-  become_user: "{{ account.name }}"
-  copy:
-    src: config/i3status/config
-    dest: "/home/{{ account.name }}/.config/i3status/config"
-    force: yes