diff --git a/nixos/boxes/colony/vms/shill/containers/jackflix/default.nix b/nixos/boxes/colony/vms/shill/containers/jackflix/default.nix
index 2daffb4..4e198ab 100644
--- a/nixos/boxes/colony/vms/shill/containers/jackflix/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/boxes/colony/vms/shill/containers/jackflix/default.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ in
 
             radarr.serviceConfig.UMask = "0002";
             sonarr.serviceConfig.UMask = "0002";
+
+            # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/258793#issuecomment-1748168206
+            transmission.serviceConfig = {
+              RootDirectoryStartOnly = lib.mkForce false;
+              RootDirectory = lib.mkForce "";
+            };
           };
         };