diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0deb484..3a9244b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '3.3'
 services:
     papermc:
         volumes:
-            - 'papermc:/papermc'
+            - '~/papermc:/papermc'
         environment:
             - 'JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-Xms6G -Xmx6G'
         ports:
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index fc05870..b13b1b7 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ sudo loginctl enable-linger $user
 
 mkdir -p /home/$user/.config/systemd/user
 
+mkdir -p /home/$user/papermc
+
 cp /home/$user/minecraft-deploy/docker-compose.yml /home/$user/docker-compose.yml
 cp /home/$user/minecraft-deploy/minecraft.service /home/$user/.config/systemd/user/minecraft.service
 
diff --git a/payload.sh b/payload.sh
index a1d5ee8..374efd8 100644
--- a/payload.sh
+++ b/payload.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-su -c "git clone https://git.itkeller.eu/aperture_science/minecraft-deploy.git ~/minecraft-deploy" arch
+pacman --noconfirm -Sy git
+
+[ -d /home/arch/minecraft-deploy ] || su -c "git clone https://git.itkeller.eu/aperture_science/minecraft-deploy.git ~/minecraft-deploy" arch
+
+# something fishy is going on in the background
+sleep 15
 
 su -c "bash ~/minecraft-deploy/install.sh" arch