diff --git a/modules/system/backups.nix b/modules/system/backups.nix
index dd68a81..72117f1 100644
--- a/modules/system/backups.nix
+++ b/modules/system/backups.nix
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ in
                   --compression lzma,9 \
                   "$BORG_REPO::$archive" \
                   ${lib.concatStringsSep " " bak_paths.paths}
+              ''
           else
           # flatten all paths from cfg.baks into one big list
             all_paths="${
@@ -106,7 +107,6 @@ in
                 --keep-daily=7 \
                 --keep-weekly=52 \
                 --keep-monthly=-1
-            ''
           ) cfg.baks)}
           echo "backup run complete at \"$BORG_REPO::$archive\""
         '';