diff --git a/infrastructure/ansible/compose.monitoring.yaml.j2 b/infrastructure/ansible/compose.monitoring.yaml.j2
index 3bceb7b..ee84e61 100644
--- a/infrastructure/ansible/compose.monitoring.yaml.j2
+++ b/infrastructure/ansible/compose.monitoring.yaml.j2
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ volumes:
 
 networks:
   frontend_network:
-    driver: bridge
+    external: true
   backend_network:
-    driver: bridge
+    external: true
   monitoring_network:
-    driver: bridge
+    external: true
 
 
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/ansible/playbook.yaml b/infrastructure/ansible/playbook.yaml
index 70677b4..c05e0b6 100644
--- a/infrastructure/ansible/playbook.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/ansible/playbook.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
         dest: /opt/monitoring_app
       become: false
 
+    - name: Create external docker networks
+      command: docker network create frontend_network backend_network monitoring_network
+      ignore_errors: true
+
     - name: Stop and remove existing containers along with volumes(when force restart is true)
       command: docker compose -f compose.monitoring.yaml down --volumes
       args: