diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 4196518..7bfa259 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -7,12 +7,19 @@ source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
 
 dokku-ansible-deploy-validate-dependencies() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-  declare desc="check that ansible dependencies are available"
+  declare desc="check that plugin dependencies are available"
+
+  declare ANSIBLE_DIR="$DOKKU_ROOT/.ansible/"
 
   if ! command -v "ansible-playbook" &>/dev/null; then
     dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "Missing ansible dependency, run dokku plugin:install-dependencies"
     exit 1
   fi
+
+  if [[ ! -d $ANSIBLE_DIR ]]; then
+    dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "Missing $ANSIBLE_DIR, run dokku plugin:install-dependencies"
+    exit 0
+  fi
 }
 
 dokku-ansible-deploy-vault-pass-cmd() {
@@ -78,6 +85,8 @@ dokku-ansible-deploy-post-extract() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2034
   declare desc="run the post-extract hook to setup the plugin"
 
+  dokku-ansible-deploy-validate-dependencies
+
   declare APP="$1" TMPDIR="$2"
 
   if [[ -d "$TMPDIR/deploy.d" ]] && [[ "$(ls -A "$TMPDIR/deploy.d")" ]]; then
@@ -99,6 +108,8 @@ dokku-ansible-deploy-pre-deploy() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2034
   declare desc="run the pre-deploy hook to setup an app"
 
+  dokku-ansible-deploy-validate-dependencies
+
   declare APP="$1"
   declare APP_CONFIG_PATH="$DOKKU_LIB_ROOT/data/deploy.d/$APP"
   declare PLUGIN_PATH="$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/ansible-deploy"
@@ -116,6 +127,8 @@ dokku-ansible-deploy-post-deploy() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2034
   declare desc="run the post-deploy hook to finish an app setup"
 
+  dokku-ansible-deploy-validate-dependencies
+
   declare APP="$1"
   declare POSTDEPLOY="$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/ansible-deploy/scripts/postdeploy.py"
 
@@ -127,6 +140,8 @@ dokku-ansible-deploy-post-delete() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2034
   declare desc="run the post-delete hook to remove an app"
 
+  dokku-ansible-deploy-validate-dependencies
+
   declare APP="$1"
   declare POSTDELETE="$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/ansible-deploy/scripts/postdelete.py"