diff --git a/hosts/uranus/stateful-jupyter.nix b/hosts/uranus/stateful-jupyter.nix
index 70d4fd5..dcd25b6 100644
--- a/hosts/uranus/stateful-jupyter.nix
+++ b/hosts/uranus/stateful-jupyter.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let
   ];
 
   # move the secrets to the volume
-  secret-setup = (lib.strings.concatStringsSep "\n" (builtins.map (u: "cp --dereference ${u.userPasswordFile} /var/lib/pw/") jupyterUsers));
+  secret-setup = (lib.strings.concatStringsSep "\n" (builtins.map (u: "cp --force --dereference ${u.userPasswordFile} /var/lib/pw/") jupyterUsers));
 in
 {
   sops.secrets.hashed-password-0xa = { };