diff --git a/src/mounts.js b/src/mounts.js
index f78b3274a..114856a82 100644
--- a/src/mounts.js
+++ b/src/mounts.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function renderMountFile(volume) {
     case 'nfs':
         type = 'nfs';
         what = `${mountOptions.host}:${mountOptions.remoteDir}`;
-        options = 'noauto,x-systemd.automount'; // _netdev is implicit
+        options = 'noauto'; // noauto means it is not a blocker for local-fs.target. _netdev is implicit. rw,hard,tcp,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14
         break;
     case 'ext4':
         type = 'ext4';
diff --git a/src/scripts/addmount.sh b/src/scripts/addmount.sh
index 0ca55bb15..6b75c7d2d 100755
--- a/src/scripts/addmount.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/addmount.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ systemctl daemon-reload
 
 # systemd can automatically create the "where" dir but the backup logic relies on permissions
 mkdir -p "${where}"
-chown yellowtent:yellowtent "${where}"
+chown yellowtent:yellowtent "${where}" || true # this can fail with nfs+root_squash
 
 systemctl enable --no-block --now "${mount_filename}" || true