diff --git a/nim/tasks/main.yml b/nim/tasks/main.yml
index 5dd4476..9962f57 100644
--- a/nim/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/nim/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@
   ansible.builtin.shell: "/home/{{ NITTER_USER }}/init.sh -y"
   become: true
   become_user: "{{ NITTER_USER }}"
+- name: Copy .profile file to add nimble to PATH
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: .profile
+    dest: "/home/{{ NITTER_USER }}/.profile"
+  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ NITTER_USER }}"
diff --git a/nim/templates/.profile b/nim/templates/.profile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26ebe90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nim/templates/.profile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
+# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
+# exists.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
+# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
+
+# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
+# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
+#umask 022
+
+# if running bash
+if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+    # include .bashrc if it exists
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+        . "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+export PATH=/home/{{ NITTER_USER }}/.nimble/bin:$PATH