diff --git a/src/mounts.js b/src/mounts.js
index d2a453ab6..8d9e623f1 100644
--- a/src/mounts.js
+++ b/src/mounts.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function validateMountOptions(type, options) {
     }
 }
 
-// managed providers are those for which we setup systemd mount file
+// managed providers are those for which we setup systemd mount file under /mnt/volumes
 function isManagedProvider(provider) {
     return provider === 'sshfs' || provider === 'cifs' || provider === 'nfs' || provider === 'ext4' || provider === 'xfs' || provider === 'disk';
 }
diff --git a/src/sftp.js b/src/sftp.js
index 9ef8763af..65f699f06 100644
--- a/src/sftp.js
+++ b/src/sftp.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const apps = require('./apps.js'),
     docker = require('./docker.js'),
     hat = require('./hat.js'),
     infra = require('./infra_version.js'),
+    mounts = require('./mounts.js'),
     path = require('path'),
     paths = require('./paths.js'),
     safe = require('safetydance'),
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ async function start(existingInfra) {
     dataDirs.push({ hostDir: '/mnt/volumes', mountDir: '/mnt/volumes' }); // managed volumes
     const allVolumes = await volumes.list();
     for (const volume of allVolumes) {
-        if (volume.hostPath.startsWith('/mnt/volumes/')) continue; // skip managed volume
+        if (mounts.isManagedProvider(volume.mountType)) continue; // skip managed volume. these are acessed via /mnt/volumes mount above
 
         if (!safe.fs.existsSync(volume.hostPath)) {
             debug(`Ignoring volume host path ${volume.hostPath} since it does not exist`);
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ async function start(existingInfra) {
     const readOnly = !serviceConfig.recoveryMode ? '--read-only' : '';
     const cmd = serviceConfig.recoveryMode ? '/bin/bash -c \'echo "Debug mode. Sleeping" && sleep infinity\'' : '';
 
-    const mounts = dataDirs.map(v => `-v "${v.hostDir}:${v.mountDir}"`).join(' ');
+    const volumeMounts = dataDirs.map(v => `-v "${v.hostDir}:${v.mountDir}"`).join(' ');
     const runCmd = `docker run --restart=always -d --name=sftp \
                 --hostname sftp \
                 --net cloudron \
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ async function start(existingInfra) {
                 -m ${memoryLimit} \
                 --memory-swap -1 \
                 -p 222:22 \
-                ${mounts} \
+                ${volumeMounts} \
                 -e CLOUDRON_SFTP_TOKEN=${cloudronToken} \
                 -v ${paths.SFTP_KEYS_DIR}:/etc/ssh:ro \
                 --label isCloudronManaged=true \