diff --git a/modules/system/backups.nix b/modules/system/backups.nix
index da9c01e..4accfbb 100644
--- a/modules/system/backups.nix
+++ b/modules/system/backups.nix
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@ in
                   --compression lzma,9 \
                   "$BORG_REPO::$archive" \
                   ${lib.concatStringsSep " " bak_paths.paths}
-              ''
-            ) cfg.baks)}
               echo "pruning old backups for ${bak_name}..."
               borg prune -v --list "$BORG_REPO" \
                 --prefix "${bak_name}-" \
                 --keep-daily=7 \
                 --keep-weekly=52 \
                 --keep-monthly=-1
-            echo "backup run complete at \"$BORG_REPO::$archive\""
+              echo "backup run complete at \"$BORG_REPO::$archive\""
+              ''
+            ) cfg.baks)}
           else
           # flatten all paths from cfg.baks into one big list
             all_paths="${