diff --git a/systems/ren/volumes.nix b/systems/ren/volumes.nix
index 1a255ac..acfe1ef 100644
--- a/systems/ren/volumes.nix
+++ b/systems/ren/volumes.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     options =
       let
         # this line prevents hanging on network split
-        automount_opts = "rw,x-systemd.automount,noauto,x-systemd.idle-timeout=60,x-systemd.device-timeout=5s,x-systemd.mount-timeout=5s,dir_mode=0777";
+        automount_opts = "rw,x-systemd.automount,noauto,x-systemd.idle-timeout=60,x-systemd.device-timeout=5s,x-systemd.mount-timeout=5s,dir_mode=0777,gid=993";
 
       in
       [ "${automount_opts},credentials=${config.age.secrets.smbsecret.path}" ];