diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c358d8..1830f82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,5 +51,8 @@ the user service before.
 systemctl --user link /usr/lib/systemd/system/network-online.target
 ```
 
-This would make `network-online.target` available after a _reboot_ to the user
-who issued the command. 
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+This would make `network-online.target` available after a _reboot_ to the user who issued the command.
+
+### `network-online.target` doesn't recognize DNS correctly
+
+If you like to set `Persistent=true`, then you should probably equip the related `.service` file with a `ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'until host captiveportal.myservermanager.com; do sleep 1; done'` or any domain you think is 100% reachable.
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diff --git a/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-check@.service b/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-check@.service
index c9c8ae0..fe8f00e 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-check@.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-check@.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+#ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'until host captiveportal.myservermanager.com; do sleep 1; done'
 ExecStart=borgmatic check --only repository --only archives --syslog-verbosity 1 --config %h/.config/borgmatic/%I.yml
 Environment="PATH=/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:%h/.bin"
 Environment="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/%u/keyring/ssh"
diff --git a/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-create@.service b/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-create@.service
index 27b3e31..bc013e0 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-create@.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-create@.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+#ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'until host captiveportal.myservermanager.com; do sleep 1; done'
 ExecStart=borgmatic create --syslog-verbosity 1 --config %h/.config/borgmatic/%I.yml
 Environment="PATH=/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:%h/.bin"
 Environment="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/%u/keyring/ssh"
diff --git a/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-prune@.service b/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-prune@.service
index 1d164f9..c2be5c0 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-prune@.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic-prune@.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+#ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'until host captiveportal.myservermanager.com; do sleep 1; done'
 ExecStart=borgmatic prune --syslog-verbosity 1 --config %h/.config/borgmatic/%I.yml
 Environment="PATH=/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:%h/.bin"
 Environment="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/%u/keyring/ssh"
diff --git a/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic@.service b/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic@.service
index 7088c8f..1d485fa 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic@.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/user/borgmatic@.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+#ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'until host captiveportal.myservermanager.com; do sleep 1; done'
 ExecStart=borgmatic --syslog-verbosity 1 --config %h/.config/borgmatic/%I.yml
 Environment="PATH=/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:%h/.bin"
 Environment="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/%u/keyring/ssh"
diff --git a/etc/systemd/user/check_updates.service b/etc/systemd/user/check_updates.service
index d60face..ac98c7c 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/user/check_updates.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/user/check_updates.service
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Run check_updates
 OnFailure=systemd_failure_notify@%n.service
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+Requires=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+#ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'until host captiveportal.myservermanager.com; do sleep 1; done'
 ExecStart=check_updates
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/etc/systemd/user/restic-check@.service b/etc/systemd/user/restic-check@.service
index 809299d..fcaa3ca 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/user/restic-check@.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/user/restic-check@.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+#ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'until host captiveportal.myservermanager.com; do sleep 1; done'
 ExecStart=sh %h/.config/restic/%I/check.sh
 Environment="PATH=/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:%h/.bin"
 Environment="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/%u/keyring/ssh"
diff --git a/etc/systemd/user/restic-create@.service b/etc/systemd/user/restic-create@.service
index b831b53..5e1cfd9 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/user/restic-create@.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/user/restic-create@.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+#ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'until host captiveportal.myservermanager.com; do sleep 1; done'
 ExecStart=sh %h/.config/restic/%I/create.sh
 Environment="PATH=/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:%h/.bin"
 Environment="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/%u/keyring/ssh"
diff --git a/etc/systemd/user/restic-prune@.service b/etc/systemd/user/restic-prune@.service
index 7b6ac9f..915bb95 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/user/restic-prune@.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/user/restic-prune@.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+#ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'until host captiveportal.myservermanager.com; do sleep 1; done'
 ExecStart=sh %h/.config/restic/%I/prune.sh
 Environment="PATH=/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:%h/.bin"
 Environment="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/%u/keyring/ssh"
diff --git a/etc/systemd/user/restic-report@.service b/etc/systemd/user/restic-report@.service
index 5a72e16..62f1024 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/user/restic-report@.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/user/restic-report@.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+#ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'until host captiveportal.myservermanager.com; do sleep 1; done'
 ExecStart=sh %h/.config/restic/%I/report.sh
 Environment="PATH=/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:%h/.bin"
 Environment="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/%u/keyring/ssh"