diff --git a/modules/clan/gitea/tests/vm/default.nix b/modules/clan/gitea/tests/vm/default.nix
index fb591b9..9a58d16 100644
--- a/modules/clan/gitea/tests/vm/default.nix
+++ b/modules/clan/gitea/tests/vm/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   nodes = {
     server = {
       services.gitea = {
+        dump.file = "test-dump";
       };
     };
   };
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@
       server.succeed("curl http://127.0.0.1:3000")
 
       server.succeed("${lib.getExe pkgs.gitea} dump -h")
-      server.wait_for_unit("systemctl start gitea-dump")
+      server.succeed("systemctl start gitea-dump")
+      server.wait_for_file("${gitea.dump.backupDir}/${gitea.dump.file}")
       # server.succeed("su - ${gitea.user} -c \ 
       #   '${lib.getExe pkgs.gitea} dump -c ${gitea.customDir}/conf/app.ini ' \
       # ")