diff --git a/hosts/idols_ai/cifs-mount.nix b/hosts/idols_ai/cifs-mount.nix
index 031dbf2d..b94485e9 100644
--- a/hosts/idols_ai/cifs-mount.nix
+++ b/hosts/idols_ai/cifs-mount.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
     device = "//192.168.5.194/Downloads";
     fsType = "cifs";
     options = [
-      "vers=3.0,uid=1000,gid=100,dir_mode=0755,file_mode=0755,mfsymlinks,credentials=${config.age.secrets.smb-credentials.path},nofail"
+      # https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.mount.html
+      "nofail,_netdev,x-systemd.device-timeout=5s,x-systemd.mount-timeout=5s"
+      "uid=1000,gid=100,dir_mode=0755,file_mode=0755"
+      "vers=3.0,credentials=${config.age.secrets.smb-credentials.path}"
     ];
     depends = ["/persistent" "/boot" "/swap/swapfile"];
   };