diff --git a/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/destination.yml b/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/destination.yml
index 9cb40daf..1e0fcd19 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/destination.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/tasks/destination.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@
   when:
     - sanoid_syncoid_destination_host
 
+- name: template syncoid.sh
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "syncoid.sh.j2"
+    dest: /usr/bin/syncoid.sh
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0755"
+  when:
+    - sanoid_syncoid_destination_host
+
 - name: template syncoid_mail.service
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.template:
diff --git a/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/templates/syncoid.service.j2 b/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/templates/syncoid.service.j2
index ef25ec94..af61c7f5 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/templates/syncoid.service.j2
+++ b/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/templates/syncoid.service.j2
@@ -6,14 +6,5 @@ OnFailure=syncoid_mail.service
 OnSuccess=syncoid_mail.service
 
 [Service]
-Type=oneshot
-# check if dest-dataset is mounted (sed: entferne 1. Zeile; awk: zeige nur yes/no; grep: RC1 when != yes)
-{% for item in sanoid_syncoid_datasets_sync %}
-# check if target dataset is mounted
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '/usr/sbin/zfs get mounted -H {{ item.destination_mount_check }} | awk "{print $3}" | grep yes > /dev/null'
-# check if source host is reachable
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'ping -c1 -W1 {{ item.source_host }}  > /dev/null || {{ item.source_host }} not reachable!'
-# syncoid
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'echo "sending {{ item.source_dataset }}..."'
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'export HOME=/root ; /usr/bin/syncoid --compress=zstd-fast --quiet --sshoption=StrictHostKeyChecking=no --delete-target-snapshots --use-hold --preserve-recordsize --sshkey "/etc/sanoid/.ssh/id_sanoid" --source-bwlimit {{ sanoid_syncoid_bwlimit }} {{ sanoid_user }}@{{ item.source_host }}:{{ item.source_dataset }} {{ item.destination_dataset }}'
-{% endfor %}
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/syncoid.sh
diff --git a/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/templates/syncoid.sh.j2 b/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/templates/syncoid.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81acfe38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mgrote_zfs_sanoid/templates/syncoid.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+{{ file_header | default () }}
+
+# check if dest-dataset is mounted (sed: entferne 1. Zeile; awk: zeige nur yes/no; grep: RC1 when != yes)
+{% for item in sanoid_syncoid_datasets_sync %}
+# check if target dataset is mounted
+/usr/sbin/zfs get mounted -H {{ item.destination_mount_check }} | awk "{print $3}" | grep yes > /dev/null
+# check if source host is reachable
+ping -c1 -W1 {{ item.source_host }} > /dev/null || {{ item.source_host }} not reachable!
+# syncoid
+export HOME=/root ; /usr/bin/syncoid --compress=zstd-fast --sshoption=StrictHostKeyChecking=no --delete-target-snapshots --use-hold --preserve-recordsize --sshkey "/etc/sanoid/.ssh/id_sanoid" --source-bwlimit {{ sanoid_syncoid_bwlimit }} {{ sanoid_user }}@{{ item.source_host }}:{{ item.source_dataset }} {{ item.destination_dataset }}
+{% endfor %}