diff --git a/local/tasks/conda-env-install.yml b/local/tasks/conda-env-install.yml
index 9b4c0e2..980d447 100644
--- a/local/tasks/conda-env-install.yml
+++ b/local/tasks/conda-env-install.yml
@@ -20,17 +20,6 @@
   become_user: "{{ vm_user }}"
   when: bin_patterns is defined and bin_patterns | length > 0
   block:
-  - name: "Create ~/.local/bin"
-    ansible.builtin.file:
-      path: "/home/{{ vm_user }}/.local/bin"
-      state: directory
-      mode: "0755"
-  - name: "Add ~/.local/bin to PATH in .bashrc"
-    ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
-      path: "/home/{{ vm_user }}/.bashrc"
-      marker: "## {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK (~/.local/bin)"
-      block: |
-        export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
   - name: "Find binaries matching patterns"
     ansible.builtin.find:
       paths: "/home/{{ vm_user }}/.conda/envs/{{ conda_env }}/bin"
diff --git a/local/tasks/setup-local-bin.yml b/local/tasks/setup-local-bin.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9677cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/tasks/setup-local-bin.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+# Create ~/.local/bin and prepend it to PATH in .bashrc.
+# The export is inserted at BOF so conda init (appended later by the miniforge
+# installer) ends up AFTER it in .bashrc, letting conda env activation prepend
+# its own bin/ and win on PATH resolution.
+
+- name: "Create ~/.local/bin"
+  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ vm_user }}"
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "/home/{{ vm_user }}/.local/bin"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "0755"
+
+- name: "Add ~/.local/bin to PATH in .bashrc"
+  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ vm_user }}"
+  ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
+    path: "/home/{{ vm_user }}/.bashrc"
+    marker: "## {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK (~/.local/bin)"
+    insertbefore: BOF
+    block: |
+      export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
diff --git a/playbook-build-dev.yml b/playbook-build-dev.yml
index e4aba8e..8f22ead 100644
--- a/playbook-build-dev.yml
+++ b/playbook-build-dev.yml
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@
     ansible.builtin.import_role:
       name: marvel-nccr.slurm
 
+  - name: "Setup ~/.local/bin on PATH"
+    tags: [local-bin]
+    ansible.builtin.import_tasks: local/tasks/setup-local-bin.yml
+
   - name: Install conda+mamba
     tags: [conda]
     ansible.builtin.import_role: