diff --git a/modules/nixos/services/forgejo/default.nix b/modules/nixos/services/forgejo/default.nix
index 844af16..4373f8f 100755
--- a/modules/nixos/services/forgejo/default.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/services/forgejo/default.nix
@@ -106,10 +106,16 @@ in
     ];
   };
 
-  systemd.services.forgejo-dump = {
-    serviceConfig = {
-      ExecStartPost = "${pkgs.nushell}/bin/nu -c 'ls ${backupPath} | where name =~ forgejo-backup and modified < ((date now) - 7day) | each { rm $in.name }'";
+  systemd.services = {
+    forgejo-dump = {
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStartPost = "${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/chgrp ${syncthing.name} ${backupPath}"
+      "+${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod 0750 ${backupPath}"
+    ];
   };
 
   systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [