diff --git a/nixos/boxes/colony/default.nix b/nixos/boxes/colony/default.nix
index 92f4b42..0b3175b 100644
--- a/nixos/boxes/colony/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/boxes/colony/default.nix
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
           smartd = {
             enable = true;
             autodetect = true;
+            extraOptions = [ "-A /var/log/smartd/" "--interval=600" ];
           };
         };
 
@@ -100,6 +101,10 @@
             "serial-getty@ttyS1".enable = true;
           };
 
+          tmpfiles.rules = [
+            "d /var/log/smartd 0755 root root"
+          ];
+
           network = {
             links = {
               "10-wan0" = {