diff --git a/backups.service b/backups.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7638947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backups.service
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Copy files from Gliese 180 a to Gliese 180 b
+After=local-fs.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/rsync -a "/mnt/Gliese 180 a/" "/mnt/Gliese 180 b/"
+User=shoofle
diff --git a/backups.timer b/backups.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f8a13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backups.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Timer for running the backup script (nightly)
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=*-*-* 00:00:00
+AccuracySec=1m
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/cygnus.service b/cygnus.service
index df87a7f..1253958 100644
--- a/cygnus.service
+++ b/cygnus.service
@@ -6,6 +6,3 @@ Type=oneshot
 WorkingDirectory = /home/shoofle/cygnus
 ExecStart=python /home/shoofle/cygnus/update_fortune.py
 User=shoofle
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/work_log b/work_log
index cc603d5..7313a08 100644
--- a/work_log
+++ b/work_log
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ installed yt-dl (through apt) and then yt-dlp because yt-dl didn't work https://
 symlinked the ssh tunnel service into /etc/systemd/system/ so that i get an always-on ssh tunnel!!!
 
 finally realized i never did `systemctl enable cygnus.timer --now` so the timer never started which is why my daily task hasn't been running. remedied.
+
+installed mlocate so i can search for things
+
+gotta make it so that it rsyncs things regularly. hrm. apparently that's `rsync -av "/so/urce" "/desti/nation"`. added a backups.service and backups.timer that should be good enough for this purpose. let's try it. gonna ln -s them into /etc/systemd/system