diff --git a/playbooks/slack.yaml b/playbooks/slack.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..244e599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/slack.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+- name: Set up slack
+  hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+    uid: "{{ lookup('env','USER') }}"
+    slack_version: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.pipe','../scripts/get_slack_version.sh') }}"
+  connection: local
+  become: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: Have slack allready installed
+      stat:
+        path: /usr/bin/slack
+      register: have_slack
+    - name: Install slack package
+      become: true
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        deb: https://downloads.slack-edge.com/releases/linux/{{ slack_version }}/prod/x64/slack-desktop-{{ slack_version }}-amd64.deb 
+      when: not have_slack.stat.exists
+    - name: set up local desktop dir
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        dest: /home/{{ uid }}/.local/share/applications
+        state: directory
+    - name: set up better desktop file
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: ../templates/slack.desktop.j2
+        dest: /home/{{ uid }}/.local/share/applications/slack.desktop
+        owner: '{{ uid }}'
+        group: '{{ uid }}'
+        mode: '0644'
diff --git a/scripts/get_slack_version.sh b/scripts/get_slack_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..be67425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get_slack_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+curl -s https://slack.com/release-notes/linux \
+  | grep -E '<h2 class="u-flex u-align--center">Slack ' \
+  | sed -e 's/.*<h2 class="u-flex u-align--center">Slack //g' -e 's#</h2>.*##g' \
+  | head -1
diff --git a/setup.yaml b/setup.yaml
index ec9d641..9c84815 100644
--- a/setup.yaml
+++ b/setup.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - import_playbook: playbooks/fonts.yaml
 - import_playbook: playbooks/pass.yaml
 - import_playbook: playbooks/ssh.yaml
+- import_playbook: playbooks/slack.yaml
 - import_playbook: playbooks/sway.yaml
 - import_playbook: playbooks/zsh.yaml
 # needs pass