diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index d86cc76..daaa796 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ EOF
       (envsubst < "templates/nix-config/disks/content.nix") >> final-nix-config/etc/nixos/disks/disko.nix
       SNAPRAID_CONTENT_FILES+="      \"/mnt/content-${j}/snapraid.content\""$'\n'
       SNAPRAID_DATA_DISKS+="      d${j} = \"/mnt/content-${j}\";"$'\n'
+      MERGERFS_DEPENDS+="      \"/mnt/content-${j}\""$'\n'
     done
     echo -e "\n✅ Generated $CONTENT_DISK_NUMBER data disk configuration(s)."
     j=0
@@ -532,6 +533,7 @@ EOF
     export SNAPRAID_CONTENT_FILES
     export SNAPRAID_DATA_DISKS
     export SNAPRAID_PARITY_FILES
+    export MERGERFS_DEPENDS
     envsubst < templates/nix-config/disks/snapraid.nix > final-nix-config/etc/nixos/disks/snapraid.nix
   fi
   # Close the disko.nix block
diff --git a/templates/nix-config/disks/snapraid.nix b/templates/nix-config/disks/snapraid.nix
index 9a70525..c1b6191 100644
--- a/templates/nix-config/disks/snapraid.nix
+++ b/templates/nix-config/disks/snapraid.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   fileSystems."/mnt/data-storage" = {
     device = "/mnt/content-*";
     fsType = "fuse.mergerfs";
+    depends = [
+$MERGERFS_DEPENDS
+    ];
     options = [
       "category.create=ff"
       "cache.files=partial"