diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9dbeba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ ! -d ~/.local/share/tmux/layouts ]; then
+  mkdir -p ~/.local/share/tmux/layouts
+  echo changed created layouts directory
+fi
+
+declare -A symlinks=(
+  [~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf]=~/.tmux.conf
+)
+
+layouts=(
+  session-local
+  session-main
+  session-visor
+  window-auto
+  window-tall
+  window-wide-left
+  window-wide-right
+)
+for layout in ${layouts[@]}; do
+  symlinks[~/.config/tmux/layouts/$layout]=~/.local/share/tmux/layouts/$layout
+done
+
+for source in ${!symlinks[@]}; do
+  dest=${symlinks[${source}]}
+  if [ -L $dest ]; then
+    target=`readlink $dest`
+    if [ "$target" != "$source" ]; then
+      rm $dest
+      ln -s $source $dest
+      echo changed replace incorrect symlink $dest
+    fi
+  elif [ -f $dest ]; then
+    error symlink failed $dest exists but is a regular file
+  else
+    ln -s $source $dest
+    echo changed created symlink $dest
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/tasks.yaml b/tasks.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 56c3afa..0000000
--- a/tasks.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: tmux create layouts directory
-  file:
-    state: directory
-    dest: ~/.local/share/tmux/layouts
-
-- name: tmux create config symbolic link
-  file:
-    state: link
-    src: ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
-    dest: ~/.tmux.conf
-
-- name: tmux create layout symbolic links
-  file:
-    state: link
-    src: '~/.config/tmux/layouts/{{item}}'
-    dest: '~/.local/share/tmux/layouts/{{item}}'
-  with_items:
-    - session-local
-    - session-main
-    - session-visor
-    - window-auto
-    - window-tall
-    - window-wide-left
-    - window-wide-right