diff --git a/files/bashscripts/fileserver/akanealw/copy-scripts-to-fileserver.sh b/files/bashscripts/fileserver/akanealw/backup-scripts-to-gitrepo.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 79%
rename from files/bashscripts/fileserver/akanealw/copy-scripts-to-fileserver.sh
rename to files/bashscripts/fileserver/akanealw/backup-scripts-to-gitrepo.sh
index 885ea00..7f48dab
--- a/files/bashscripts/fileserver/akanealw/copy-scripts-to-fileserver.sh
+++ b/files/bashscripts/fileserver/akanealw/backup-scripts-to-gitrepo.sh
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ if ping -c 1 192.168.1.41 &> /dev/null
 
         # fileserver
         echo "starting fileserver backup"
-        cp -prv /home/akanealw/scripts/ /home/akanealw/gitrepos/fileserver/files/bashscripts/fileserver/akanealw/
-        sudo cp -prv /root/scripts/ /home/akanealw/gitrepos/fileserver/files/bashscripts/fileserver/root/
+        rsync -azvP /home/akanealw/scripts/ /home/akanealw/gitrepos/fileserver/files/bashscripts/fileserver/akanealw/
+        sudo rsync -azvP /root/scripts/ /home/akanealw/gitrepos/fileserver/files/bashscripts/fileserver/root/
 
         # chown all files copied
+	echo "chowning all backup files in repo"
         sudo chown -R akanealw:akanealw /home/akanealw/gitrepos/fileserver/files/
     else
-        echo "TrueNAS is offline"
+        echo "TrueNAS is offline" curl -fsS -m 10 --retry 5 -o /dev/null https://uptimekuma.akanealw.com/api/push/vwn8owCG7W?status=down&msg=OK&ping=
+fi
+curl -fsS -m 10 --retry 5 -o /dev/null https://uptimekuma.akanealw.com/api/push/vwn8owCG7W?status=up&msg=OK&ping=
diff --git a/files/bashscripts/fileserver/root/ping-before-mounting-shares.sh b/files/bashscripts/fileserver/root/ping-before-mounting-shares.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6b185fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/bashscripts/fileserver/root/ping-before-mounting-shares.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+until ping -c1 192.168.1.41 >/dev/null 2>&1; do :; done
+sleep 45
+mount -t nfs -o defaults,nolock,soft,vers=4.2 192.168.1.41:/mnt/data/fileserver /mnt/truenasfileserver -v
diff --git a/files/bashscripts/fileserver/root/rsync-backup-fileserver.sh b/files/bashscripts/fileserver/root/rsync-backup-fileserver.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 86b963c..1fbf6d3
--- a/files/bashscripts/fileserver/root/rsync-backup-fileserver.sh
+++ b/files/bashscripts/fileserver/root/rsync-backup-fileserver.sh
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ if ping -c 1 192.168.1.41 &> /dev/null
     / akanealw@192.168.1.41:/mnt/data/backups/fileserverbackup/$(/bin/date +%Y-%m-%d-%I-%M-%S-%p)
     curl -fsS -m 10 --retry 5 -o /dev/null https://uptimekuma.akanealw.com/api/push/OtvHGEeMxL?status=up&msg=OK&ping=
   else
-    curl -fsS -m 10 --retry 5 -o /dev/null https://uptimekuma.akanealw.com/api/push/OtvHGEeMxL?status=down&msg=OK&ping=
+    echo "TrueNAS is offline" && curl -fsS -m 10 --retry 5 -o /dev/null https://uptimekuma.akanealw.com/api/push/OtvHGEeMxL?status=down&msg=OK&ping=
 fi