diff --git a/ansible/homelab/playbooks/redeploy-dashy.yml b/ansible/homelab/playbooks/redeploy-dashy.yml
index c51285e..f408c42 100644
--- a/ansible/homelab/playbooks/redeploy-dashy.yml
+++ b/ansible/homelab/playbooks/redeploy-dashy.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - hosts: servers
+  vars_files:
+    - ../variables.yml
   become: true
   tasks:
   - name: Checkout Git Repos
diff --git a/ansible/homelab/playbooks/restore-all.yml b/ansible/homelab/playbooks/restore-all.yml
index bf77335..37261a0 100644
--- a/ansible/homelab/playbooks/restore-all.yml
+++ b/ansible/homelab/playbooks/restore-all.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 ---
 - name: Redeploy Portainer and All Volumes
   hosts: servers
+  vars_files:
+    - ../variables.yml
   tasks:
     - name: Restore Tautulli
       import_tasks: ../tasks/restore-volume-tasks.yml
diff --git a/ansible/homelab/playbooks/setup-home-lab.yml b/ansible/homelab/playbooks/setup-home-lab.yml
index d594715..5ae1340 100644
--- a/ansible/homelab/playbooks/setup-home-lab.yml
+++ b/ansible/homelab/playbooks/setup-home-lab.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 - hosts: servers
   become: true
+  vars_files:
+    - ../variables.yml
   tasks:
   - name: Update and upgrade apt packages
     apt:
diff --git a/ansible/homelab/playbooks/volume-restore.yml b/ansible/homelab/playbooks/volume-restore.yml
index 3057fc3..6f6685a 100644
--- a/ansible/homelab/playbooks/volume-restore.yml
+++ b/ansible/homelab/playbooks/volume-restore.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # ansible-playbook -v ansible/playbooks/volume-restore.yml -e "container_name=mariadb"
 ---
 - hosts: servers
+  vars_files:
+    - ../variables.yml
   tasks:
     - name: Restore Volume
       import_tasks: ../tasks/restore-volume-tasks.yml
diff --git a/ansible/homelab/tasks/checkout-git-repos-tasks.yml b/ansible/homelab/tasks/checkout-git-repos-tasks.yml
index 0141cd6..a104329 100644
--- a/ansible/homelab/tasks/checkout-git-repos-tasks.yml
+++ b/ansible/homelab/tasks/checkout-git-repos-tasks.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 - name: Git checkout HomeLab repository
   ansible.builtin.git:
     repo: 'https://github.com/chatton/HomeLab.git'
-    dest: /home/cianhatton/checkouts/HomeLab
+    dest: "/home/{{homelab_user}}/checkouts/HomeLab"
     force: true
     version: master
 
 - name: Change Ownership
   file:
-    path: /home/cianhatton/checkouts/HomeLab
-    owner: cianhatton
-    group: cianhatton
\ No newline at end of file
+    path: "/home/{{homelab_user}}/checkouts/HomeLab"
+    owner: "{{homelab_user}}"
+    group: "{{homelab_group}}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansible/homelab/tasks/install-sudo-tasks.yml b/ansible/homelab/tasks/install-sudo-tasks.yml
index dc88337..2dbcee8 100644
--- a/ansible/homelab/tasks/install-sudo-tasks.yml
+++ b/ansible/homelab/tasks/install-sudo-tasks.yml
@@ -7,21 +7,21 @@
     state: latest
     update_cache: true
 
-- name: Make sure we have a 'cianhatton' group
+- name: Make sure we have a '{{homelab_group}}' group
   group:
-    name: cianhatton
+    name: "{{homelab_group}}"
     state: present
-- name: Allow 'cianhatton' group to have passwordless sudo
+- name: Allow '{{homelab_user}}' group to have passwordless sudo
   lineinfile:
     dest: /etc/sudoers
     state: present
-    regexp: '^%cianhatton'
-    line: '%cianhatton ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL'
+    regexp: '^%{{homelab_user}}'
+    line: '%{{homelab_user}} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL'
     validate: 'visudo -cf %s'
 
 - name: Add User
   ansible.builtin.user:
-    name: cianhatton
-    comment: Cian Hatton
+    name: "{{homelab_user}}"
+    comment: "{{homelab_user}} user"
     uid: 1000
-    group: cianhatton
\ No newline at end of file
+    group: "{{homelab_group}}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansible/homelab/variables.yml b/ansible/homelab/variables.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcd149c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/homelab/variables.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+homelab_user: cianhatton
+homelab_group: cianhatton
+backup_dir: /mnt/hdds/backups/
\ No newline at end of file