diff --git a/modules/nixos/services/forgejo/default.nix b/modules/nixos/services/forgejo/default.nix
index 0c63fd9..79c484e 100755
--- a/modules/nixos/services/forgejo/default.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/services/forgejo/default.nix
@@ -112,21 +112,18 @@ in
         ExecStartPost = "${pkgs.nushell}/bin/nu -c 'ls ${backupPath} | where name =~ forgejo-backup and modified < ((date now) - 7day) | each { rm $in.name }'";
       };
     };
-    forgejo.serviceConfig.ExecStartPre = [
-      "+${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p ${backupPath}"
-      "+${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown ${service.name}:${syncthing.name} ${backupPath}"
-      "+${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod 0750 ${backupPath}"
-    ];
   };
 
   systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
     "Z ${service.paths.path0} 755 ${service.name} ${service.name} -"
     "Z ${service.sops.path0} 755 ${service.name} ${service.name} -"
+    "d ${backupPath} 0750 ${service.name} ${syncthing.name} -"
   ];
 
   users.users.${service.name}.extraGroups = [
     "caddy"
     "postgres"
+    "syncthing"
   ];
 
   networking = {