diff --git a/hosts/brontes/configuration.nix b/hosts/brontes/configuration.nix
index 0e3d3e1..00a9bbf 100644
--- a/hosts/brontes/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/brontes/configuration.nix
@@ -47,14 +47,11 @@
       };
       rsync-backup = {
         enable = true;
-        sources = [
-          "/home/ny/Downloads"
-          "/home/ny/notes"
-        ];
+        sources = [ "/home/ny/notes" ];
         target = {
-          location = "backup";
+          location = "brontes-backup";
           type = "rsyncd";
-          host = "shan";
+          host = "nihilus";
         };
         incremental.enable = true;
       };
diff --git a/hosts/nihilus/configuration.nix b/hosts/nihilus/configuration.nix
index 32da320..80cf99d 100644
--- a/hosts/nihilus/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nihilus/configuration.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@
         enable = true;
         port = 9523;
         openFirewall = true;
+        location = "/mnt/backups";
         address = "100.64.0.6";
         modules = [
           {
-            name = "image-backup";
-            comment = "ftp export area";
+            name = "paperless-backup";
+            comment = "backups for paperless";
             mode = "write";
           }
           {
diff --git a/hosts/nihilus/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/nihilus/hardware-configuration.nix
index e29247a..d26c56d 100644
--- a/hosts/nihilus/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nihilus/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
     fsType = "ext4";
   };
 
+  fileSystems."/mnt/backups" = {
+    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/00ab5786-5a44-443f-bafa-2c3facf50a30";
+    fsType = "ext4";
+  };
+
   swapDevices = [ ];
 
   networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
diff --git a/hosts/shan/configuration.nix b/hosts/shan/configuration.nix
index 97753b0..2b2ada0 100644
--- a/hosts/shan/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/shan/configuration.nix
@@ -63,10 +63,23 @@
       };
     };
 
-    services.tailscale = {
-      enable = true;
-      isExitNode = true;
-      tags = [ "server" ];
+    services = {
+      tailscale = {
+        enable = true;
+        isExitNode = true;
+        tags = [ "server" ];
+      };
+
+      rsync-backup = {
+        enable = true;
+        sources = [ "/var/lib/paperless" ];
+        target = {
+          location = "paperless-backup";
+          type = "rsyncd";
+          host = "nihilus";
+        };
+        incremental.enable = true;
+      };
     };
   };