diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/backup/duplicati.nix b/nixos/modules/services/backup/duplicati.nix
index d2fe4698e88..a4b895d78a6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/backup/duplicati.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/backup/duplicati.nix
@@ -47,15 +47,11 @@ in
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       serviceConfig = {
         User = cfg.user;
-        PermissionsStartOnly = true;
         Group = "duplicati";
+        StateDirectory = "/var/lib/duplicati";
         ExecStart = "${pkgs.duplicati}/bin/duplicati-server --webservice-interface=${cfg.interface} --webservice-port=${toString cfg.port} --server-datafolder=/var/lib/duplicati";
         Restart = "on-failure";
       };
-      preStart = ''
-        mkdir -p /var/lib/duplicati
-        chown -R ${cfg.user}:duplicati /var/lib/duplicati
-      '';
     };
 
     users.users.duplicati = lib.optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "duplicati") {