diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/jackett.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/jackett.nix
index b18ce2b1f81..a07f20e5c24 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/jackett.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/jackett.nix
@@ -38,24 +38,19 @@ in
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d '${cfg.dataDir}' 0700 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} - -"
+    ];
+
     systemd.services.jackett = {
       description = "Jackett";
       after = [ "network.target" ];
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      preStart = ''
-        test -d ${cfg.dataDir} || {
-          echo "Creating jackett data directory in ${cfg.dataDir}"
-          mkdir -p ${cfg.dataDir}
-        }
-        chown -R ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} ${cfg.dataDir}
-        chmod 0700 ${cfg.dataDir}
-      '';
 
       serviceConfig = {
         Type = "simple";
         User = cfg.user;
         Group = cfg.group;
-        PermissionsStartOnly = "true";
         ExecStart = "${pkgs.jackett}/bin/Jackett --NoUpdates --DataFolder '${cfg.dataDir}'";
         Restart = "on-failure";
       };