diff --git a/config/desktop.nix b/config/desktop.nix
index a07d1418..3b2db4bd 100644
--- a/config/desktop.nix
+++ b/config/desktop.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ in {
     ./services/cups.nix
     ./services/docker.nix
     ./services/cifs.nix
+    ./services/kubo-local.nix
   ];
   fonts = {
     fontDir.enable = true;
diff --git a/config/instance-20221213-1915.nix b/config/instance-20221213-1915.nix
index d832c2f2..81f82236 100644
--- a/config/instance-20221213-1915.nix
+++ b/config/instance-20221213-1915.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     "d /build - - - - -"
     "L /var/lib/nextcloud - - - - /persist/var/lib/nextcloud"
     "d /persist/var/lib/nextcloud 0750 nextcloud nextcloud - -"
+    "L /var/lib/ipfs - - - - /persist/var/lib/ipfs"
   ];
 
   services.postgresql.dataDir = "/persist/var/lib/postgresql/${config.services.postgresql.package.psqlSchema}";
diff --git a/modules/kubo.nix b/modules/kubo.nix
index a91f9fbe..946ce6ae 100644
--- a/modules/kubo.nix
+++ b/modules/kubo.nix
@@ -332,8 +332,12 @@ in {
         path = ["/run/wrappers" cfg.package];
         environment.IPFS_PATH = cfg.dataDir;
 
-        preStart =
+        preStart = let
+          datastore_spec = pkgs.writeText "datastore_spec" ''{"mounts":[{"bucket":"ipfs","mountpoint":"/"}],"type":"mount"}'';
+        in
           ''
+            # Update the datastore_spec
+            ln -svf ${datastore_spec} $IPFS_PATH/datastore_spec
             if [[ ! -f "$IPFS_PATH/config" ]]; then
               ipfs init ${optionalString cfg.emptyRepo "-e"}
             else
diff --git a/overlays/default.nix b/overlays/default.nix
index 3ff48420..dae28176 100644
--- a/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ in
     });
     nodejs-16_x = prev.nodejs-18_x;
     neomutt = prev.neomutt.overrideAttrs (super: {
-        doCheck = false;
-        doInstallCheck = false;
+      doCheck = false;
+      doInstallCheck = false;
     });
   }