diff --git a/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/destination.yml b/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/destination.yml
index 7583e1c5..2b90d998 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/destination.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/destination.yml
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
     name: "syncoid.timer"
-    enabled: true
-    masked: false
-    state: absent
+    enabled: false
+    masked: true
+    state: stopped
   notify:
     - systemctl daemon-reload
   when: