diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/podgrab.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/podgrab.nix
index f95d2dc928cd..50dc70e2bd76 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/podgrab.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/podgrab.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 let
   cfg = config.services.podgrab;
+
+  stateDir = "/var/lib/podgrab";
 in
 {
   options.services.podgrab = with lib; {
@@ -22,28 +24,59 @@ in
       example = 4242;
       description = "The port on which Podgrab will listen for incoming HTTP traffic.";
     };
+
+    dataDirectory = mkOption {
+      type = types.path;
+      default = "${stateDir}/data";
+      example = "/mnt/podcasts";
+      description = "Directory to store downloads.";
+    };
+
+    user = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      default = "podgrab";
+      description = "User under which Podgrab runs, and which owns the download directory.";
+    };
+
+    group = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      default = "podgrab";
+      description = "Group under which Podgrab runs, and which owns the download directory.";
+    };
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.tmpfiles.settings."10-pyload" = {
+      ${cfg.dataDirectory}.d = { inherit (cfg) user group; };
+    };
+
     systemd.services.podgrab = {
       description = "Podgrab podcast manager";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       environment = {
-        CONFIG = "/var/lib/podgrab/config";
-        DATA = "/var/lib/podgrab/data";
+        CONFIG = "${stateDir}/config";
+        DATA = cfg.dataDirectory;
         GIN_MODE = "release";
         PORT = toString cfg.port;
       };
       serviceConfig = {
-        DynamicUser = true;
+        User = cfg.user;
+        Group = cfg.group;
         EnvironmentFile = lib.optionals (cfg.passwordFile != null) [
           cfg.passwordFile
         ];
         ExecStart = "${pkgs.podgrab}/bin/podgrab";
         WorkingDirectory = "${pkgs.podgrab}/share";
-        StateDirectory = [ "podgrab/config" "podgrab/data" ];
+        StateDirectory = [ "podgrab/config" ];
       };
     };
+
+    users.users.podgrab = lib.mkIf (cfg.user == "podgrab") {
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      group = cfg.group;
+    };
+
+    users.groups.podgrab = lib.mkIf (cfg.group == "podgrab") { };
   };
 
   meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ambroisie ];