diff --git a/dependencies b/dependencies
index 2636300..6441d3a 100755
--- a/dependencies
+++ b/dependencies
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 
-export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
 
-if ! command -v "ansible" &>/dev/null; then
-  dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "installing ansible"
-  apt install -qq -y ansible
-fi
+dokku-ansible-playbook-dependencies() {
+  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+  if ! command -v "ansible" &>/dev/null; then
+    dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "installing ansible"
+    apt install -qq -y ansible
+  fi
+}
+
+dokku-ansible-playbook-dependencies "$@"
diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 94d3518..8b850a2 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
+
 function run_playbook() {
   local play_path="$1"
   local requirements="$2"
diff --git a/post-deploy b/post-deploy
index 8b048b3..36e6cef 100755
--- a/post-deploy
+++ b/post-deploy
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
+
 dokku-ansible-playbook-post-deploy() {
   declare APP="$1"
   declare PLAYBOOK="$DOKKU_LIB_ROOT/data/ansible/$APP/post-deploy.yml"
diff --git a/pre-deploy b/pre-deploy
index 6b4ef93..c58bd5c 100755
--- a/pre-deploy
+++ b/pre-deploy
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
+
 dokku-ansible-playbook-pre-deploy() {
   declare APP="$1"
   declare PLAYBOOK="$DOKKU_LIB_ROOT/data/ansible/$APP/pre-deploy.yml"