diff --git a/roles/apcupsd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/apcupsd/defaults/main.yml
index 16e23db598..d32eee9bb1 100644
--- a/roles/apcupsd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/apcupsd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ apcupsd_annoy: 300
 apcupsd_annoydelay: 60
 apcupsd_nologon: "disable"
 apcupsd_killdelay: 0
+apcupsd_device: "/dev/ttyUSB0"
diff --git a/roles/apcupsd/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/apcupsd/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index e9b16b82cc..ef266baed9 100644
--- a/roles/apcupsd/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/apcupsd/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,13 @@ provisioner:
     group_vars:
       all:
         apcupsd_enabled: true
+        apcupsd_data_directory: /tmp/apcupsd
+platforms:
+  - name: instance
+    image: geerlingguy/docker-ubuntu2204-ansible:latest
+    volumes:
+      - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+      - /tmp:/tmp:rw
+    privileged: true
+    pre_build_image: true