diff --git a/roles/restic.nix b/roles/restic.nix
index 1a79c25..8fd16de 100644
--- a/roles/restic.nix
+++ b/roles/restic.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@
     backupPrepareCommand = ''
       #!${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh
       ${pkgs.zfs}/bin/zfs snapshot zpool/home@restic
+      cd /home/.zfs/snapshot/restic
+      ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ls > /dev/null
       ${pkgs.zfs}/bin/zfs snapshot zpool/var@restic
-      ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/sleep 10
+      cd /var/.zfs/snapshot/restic
+      ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ls > /dev/null
     '';
     backupCleanupCommand = ''
       #!${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh