diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 2859a60..7f87e8c 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
----
-# defaults file for ansible-role-nvidia-driver
\ No newline at end of file
+nvidia_driver_package_version: ''
+nvidia_driver_persistence_mode_on: yes
+nvidia_driver_skip_reboot: no
+epel_baseurl: "https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/$releasever/$basearch/"
+epel_gpgkey: "https://epel.mirror.constant.com//RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
+rhel_cuda_baseurl: "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ rhel_repo_dir }}/"
+rhel_cuda_gpgkey: "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ rhel_repo_dir }}/7fa2af80.pub"
+ubuntu_cuda_gpgkey: "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ ubuntu_repo_dir }}/7fa2af80.pub"
+ubuntu_cuda_apt_key: "7fa2af80"
+ubuntu_cuda_baseurl: "http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ ubuntu_repo_dir }}"
diff --git a/files/nvidia-persistenced-override.conf b/files/nvidia-persistenced-override.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52b552d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/nvidia-persistenced-override.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Service]
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/nvidia-persistenced --user root --persistence-mode --verbose
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 178c567..0000000
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
----
-# handlers file for ansible-role-nvidia-driver
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 14a251f..0cf06a8 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,51 @@
 ---
-# tasks file for ansible-role-nvidia-driver
\ No newline at end of file
+- name: unload nouveau
+  modprobe:
+    name: nouveau
+    state: absent
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: ubuntu pre-install tasks
+  include_tasks: ubuntu-pre-install.yml
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
+
+- name: redhat family pre-install tasks
+  include_tasks: redhat-pre-install.yml
+  when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
+
+- name: install driver packages
+  package:
+    name: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_version | ternary('cuda-drivers='+nvidia_driver_package_version, 'cuda-drivers') }}"
+    state: present
+  register: install_driver
+
+- name: redhat family post-install tasks
+  include_tasks: redhat-post-install.yml
+  when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
+
+- name: create persistenced override dir
+  file:
+    path: /etc/systemd/system/nvidia-persistenced.service.d/
+    state: directory
+    recurse: yes
+
+- name: configure persistenced service to turn on persistence mode
+  copy:
+    src: nvidia-persistenced-override.conf
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/nvidia-persistenced.service.d/override.conf
+  when: nvidia_driver_persistence_mode_on
+
+- name: remove persistenced service override
+  file:
+    path: /etc/systemd/system/nvidia-persistenced.service.d/override.conf
+    state: absent
+  when: not nvidia_driver_persistence_mode_on
+
+- name: enable persistenced
+  systemd:
+    name: nvidia-persistenced
+    enabled: yes
+
+- name: reboot after driver install
+  reboot:
+  when: install_driver.changed and not nvidia_driver_skip_reboot
diff --git a/tasks/redhat-post-install.yml b/tasks/redhat-post-install.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65fe713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/redhat-post-install.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+# The driver package pulls in the latest kernel-headers package, but not the
+# latest kernel. Check to see if there is a mismatch.
+
+- name: check kernel versions
+  yum:
+    list: kernel
+  register: yum_list
+
+- name: register installed kernel version
+  debug:
+    msg: "{{ yum_list.results | selectattr('yumstate', 'equalto', 'installed') | list }}"
+  register: kernel_version
+
+- name: check kernel-headers versions
+  yum:
+    list: kernel-headers
+  register: yum_list
+
+- name: register installed kernel-headers version
+  debug:
+    msg: "{{ yum_list.results | selectattr('yumstate', 'equalto', 'installed') | list }}"
+  register: kernel_headers_version
+
+- name: update kernel if headers don't match
+  yum:
+    name:
+      - kernel
+      - kernel-tools
+      - kernel-tools-libs
+      - kernel-devel
+      - kernel-debug-devel
+      - kernel-headers
+    state: latest
+  register: kernel_update
+  when: kernel_version.msg[0].release != kernel_headers_version.msg[0].release
diff --git a/tasks/redhat-pre-install.yml b/tasks/redhat-pre-install.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd2e0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/redhat-pre-install.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+- name: add epel repo
+  yum_repository:
+    name: epel
+    description: EPEL YUM repo
+    baseurl: "{{ epel_baseurl }}"
+    gpgkey: "{{ epel_gpgkey }}"
+
+- name: install dependencies
+  yum:
+    name: dkms
+    state: latest
+
+- name: add repo
+  yum_repository:
+    name: cuda
+    description: NVIDIA CUDA YUM Repo
+    gpgkey: "{{ rhel_cuda_gpgkey }}"
+    baseurl: "{{ rhel_cuda_baseurl }}"
diff --git a/tasks/ubuntu-pre-install.yml b/tasks/ubuntu-pre-install.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4907bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/ubuntu-pre-install.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+- name: remove ppa
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
+    state: absent
+
+- name: add key
+  apt_key:
+    url: "{{ ubuntu_cuda_gpgkey }}"
+    id: "{{ ubuntu_cuda_apt_key }}"
+
+- name: add repo
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: "deb {{ ubuntu_cuda_baseurl }} /"
+    update_cache: yes
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 629da4d..6a48d95 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
----
-# vars file for ansible-role-nvidia-driver
\ No newline at end of file
+ubuntu_repo_dir: "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}{{ ansible_distribution_version | replace('.', '') }}/{{ ansible_architecture }}"
+rhel_repo_dir: "rhel{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}/{{ ansible_architecture }}"