diff --git a/morph/lib/borgbackup.nix b/morph/lib/borgbackup.nix
index 1cae71e905e04b4c5c0f4dfa9bed8bc7ec0e1286..30e26cf92487992efe8e331ec396a99fa9b54ff2 100644
--- a/morph/lib/borgbackup.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/borgbackup.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ in {
       daily = {
         paths = cfg.paths;
         repo = lib.fileContents "${publicKeyPath}/borgbackup/${config.networking.hostName}.repopath";
+        doInit = false;
         encryption = {
           mode = "repokey-blake2";
           passCommand = "cat /run/keys/borgbackup/passphrase";
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ in {
           BORG_RSH = "ssh -i /run/keys/borgbackup/ssh-key";
         };
         compression = "none";
-        startAt = "daily";
+        startAt = "*-*-* 05:00:00 UTC";
       };
     };
   };