diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/grocy.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/grocy.nix
index d6095b50fa8a..8106cc06fd2b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/grocy.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/grocy.nix
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ in
     systemd.services.grocy-setup = {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       before = [ "phpfpm-grocy.service" ];
+      unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = [ cfg.dataDir ];
       script = ''
         rm -rf ${cfg.dataDir}/viewcache/*
       '';