diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/backup-wd2tb.service b/etc/systemd/system/backup-wd2tb.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c452876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/backup-wd2tb.service
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=My auto backup to WD Passport
+Requires=media-wdpassport2tb.mount
+After=media-wdpassport2tb.mount
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/home/fschl/dotfiles/scripts/show_local_backup.sh
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=media-wdpassport2tb.mount
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/syncthing-resume.service b/etc/systemd/system/syncthing-resume.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8881e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/syncthing-resume.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Restart Syncthing after resume
+Documentation=man:syncthing(1)
+After=sleep.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=-/usr/bin/pkill -HUP -x syncthing
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sleep.target
diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/syncthing@.service b/etc/systemd/system/syncthing@.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b76b0d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/syncthing@.service
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization for %I
+Documentation=man:syncthing(1)
+After=network.target
+StartLimitIntervalSec=60
+StartLimitBurst=4
+
+[Service]
+User=%i
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/syncthing serve --no-browser --no-restart --logflags=0
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=1
+SuccessExitStatus=3 4
+RestartForceExitStatus=3 4
+
+# Hardening
+ProtectSystem=full
+PrivateTmp=true
+SystemCallArchitectures=native
+MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 4e7d28d..4574048 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -262,6 +262,12 @@ install_i3() {
     Exec=/usr/lib/notification-daemon/notification-daemon
 EOF
 
+    echo "... setting capslock to control"
+    sed -i "s/^XKBOPTIONS=.*/XKBOPTIONS=\"ctrl:nocaps\"/" /etc/default/keyboard
+
+}
+
+install_syncthing() {
     # install Syncthing via https://apt.syncthing.net/
     # Add the release PGP keys:
     curl -s https://syncthing.net/release-key.txt | sudo apt-key add -
@@ -280,16 +286,14 @@ EOF
     apt autoclean
     apt clean
 
-    TARGET="/home/$USERNAME/.emacs.d"
-    git clone https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs "${TARGET}"
-#    rm -rf "${TARGET}"/private/snippets
-#    git clone https://github.com/AndreaCrotti/yasnippet-snippets "${TARGET}"/private/yas-snippets
-#    ln -s "${TARGET}"/private/yas-snips/snippets "${TARGET}"/private/snippets/
+    echo "enable and start the syncthing per-user service for ${USERNAME}"
+    cp ../etc/systemd/system/syncth* /etc/systemd/system/
+    user=${USERNAME}
+    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+    sudo systemctl enable syncthing@${USERNAME}
+    sudo systemctl start syncthing@${USERNAME}.service
+    systemctl status syncthing@${USERNAME}.service
 
-    no_suspend
-
-    echo "... setting capslock to control"
-    sed -i "s/^XKBOPTIONS=.*/XKBOPTIONS=\"ctrl:nocaps\"/" /etc/default/keyboard
 }
 
 install_vscodium() {