diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/permown.nix b/nixos/modules/system/permown.nix
index 5eaadc8..ab63ef5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/permown.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/permown.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
+
   cfg = config.system.permown;
-  nameGenerator = path: "permown.${replaceStrings [ "/" ] [ "_" ] path}";
+
 
 in
 {
@@ -27,6 +28,15 @@ in
             default = null;
             type = types.nullOr types.str;
           };
+          keepGoing = mkOption {
+            default = false;
+            type = types.bool;
+            description = ''
+              Whether to keep going when chowning or chmodding fails.
+              If set to false, then errors will cause the service to restart
+              instead.
+            '';
+          };
           owner = mkOption { type = types.str; };
           path = mkOption {
             default = config._module.args.name;
@@ -47,52 +57,91 @@ in
   };
 
   config =
-    let plans = lib.attrValues cfg;
-
-    in mkIf (plans != [ ]) {
-
+    let
+      plans = attrValues cfg;
+    in
+    mkIf (plans != [ ]) {
       system.activationScripts.permown =
         let
           mkdir = { path, ... }: ''
-            ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p ${path}
+            ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p "${path}"
           '';
         in
         concatMapStrings mkdir plans;
 
-      systemd.services = listToAttrs (flip map plans
-        ({ path, directory-mode, file-mode, owner, group, umask, ... }: {
-          name = nameGenerator path;
-          value = {
-            environment = {
-              DIR_MODE = directory-mode;
-              FILE_MODE = file-mode;
-              OWNER_GROUP = "${owner}:${group}";
-              ROOT_PATH = path;
-            };
-            path = [ pkgs.coreutils pkgs.findutils pkgs.inotifyTools ];
-            serviceConfig = {
-              ExecStart = pkgs.writers.writeDash "permown" ''
-                set -efu
-                find "$ROOT_PATH" -exec chown -h "$OWNER_GROUP" {} +
-                find "$ROOT_PATH" -type d -exec chmod "$DIR_MODE" {} +
-                find "$ROOT_PATH" -type f -exec chmod "$FILE_MODE" {} +
-              '';
-              PrivateTmp = true;
-              #Restart = "always";
-              #RestartSec = 10;
-              UMask = umask;
-            };
-            wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-          };
-        }));
+      systemd.services =
+        let
+          nameGenerator = { path, ... }:
+            "permown.${replaceStrings [ "/" ] [ "_" ] path}";
+          serviceDefinition =
+            { path, directory-mode, file-mode, owner, group, umask, keepGoing, ... }:
+            {
+              environment = {
+                DIR_MODE = directory-mode;
+                FILE_MODE = file-mode;
+                OWNER_GROUP = "${owner}:${group}";
+                ROOT_PATH = path;
+              };
+              path = [
+                pkgs.coreutils
+                pkgs.findutils
+                pkgs.inotifyTools
+              ];
+              serviceConfig = {
+                ExecStart =
+                  let
+                    continuable = command:
+                      if keepGoing
+                      then "{ ${command}; } || :"
+                      else command;
+                  in
+                  pkgs.writers.writeDash "permown" ''
+                    set -efu
+
+                    find "$ROOT_PATH" -exec chown -h "$OWNER_GROUP" {} +
+                    find "$ROOT_PATH" -type d -exec chmod "$DIR_MODE" {} +
+                    find "$ROOT_PATH" -type f -exec chmod "$FILE_MODE" {} +
+
+                    paths=/tmp/paths
+                    rm -f "$paths"
+                    mkfifo "$paths"
+
+                    inotifywait -mrq -e CREATE --format %w%f "$ROOT_PATH" > "$paths" &
+                    inotifywaitpid=$!
+
+                    trap cleanup EXIT
+                    cleanup() {
+                      kill "$inotifywaitpid"
+                    }
+
+                    while read -r path
+                    do
+                      if test -d "$path"; then
+                        cleanup
+                        exec "$0" "$@"
+                      fi
+                      ${continuable ''chown -h "$OWNER_GROUP" "$path"''}
+                      if test -f "$path"; then
+                        ${continuable ''chmod "$FILE_MODE" "$path"''}
+                      fi
+                    done < "$paths"
+                  '';
+                PrivateTmp = true;
+                Restart = "always";
+                RestartSec = 10;
+                UMask = umask;
+              };
+              wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+            };
+        in
+        listToAttrs (map
+          (plan:
+            {
+              name = nameGenerator plan;
+              value = serviceDefinition plan;
+            })
+          plans);
 
-      systemd.timers = listToAttrs (flip map plans ({ path, timer, ... }: {
-        name = nameGenerator path;
-        value = {
-          wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-          timerConfig.OnCalendar = timer;
-        };
-      }));
 
     };