diff --git a/hosts/nixos/common/users/pilot.nix b/hosts/nixos/common/users/pilot.nix
index 6d8dcd6..a863728 100644
--- a/hosts/nixos/common/users/pilot.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos/common/users/pilot.nix
@@ -58,12 +58,13 @@
   systemd.tmpfiles.rules =
     let
       user = config.users.users.pilot;
-      ssh = "/persist/state/${user.home}/ssh/.ssh";
+      root = "/persist/state/${user.home}/ssh";
     in
     [
-      "d ${ssh} 0755 ${user.name} ${user.group}"
-      "e ${ssh}/id_rsa 0700 ${user.name} ${user.group}"
-      "e ${ssh}/id_ed25519 0700 ${user.name} ${user.group}"
+      "d ${root} 0755 ${user.name} ${user.group}"
+      "d ${root}/.ssh 0755 ${user.name} ${user.group}"
+      "e ${root}/.ssh/id_rsa 0700 ${user.name} ${user.group}"
+      "e ${root}/.ssh/id_ed25519 0700 ${user.name} ${user.group}"
     ];
   # }}}
 }