diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6191c3..20cc665 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ Of course you don't want to give access to others, so you solve the whole thing
 
 As a bonus feature, you can optionally transfer the backups to another disk (even with a different password). Which is also a very charming backup concept from a security point of view.
 
+this role does not install restic. For that, we recommend [this ansible role](https://github.com/arillso/ansible.restic.git).
+We have had good experience with this role for the [restic rest server](https://github.com/donat-b/ansible-restic-rest.git).
+
  Variables:
 ---------
-```ini
-# which repos should we 'cleanup' by default
+```yml
+---
+# which repos should we cleanup by default
 restic_archiver__repos: {}
 #  - name: example_server:
 #    location: /srv/restic/example_server_repo
@@ -52,6 +56,17 @@ restic_archiver__group: 'root'
 restic_archiver__hour: '3'
 restic_archiver__minute: '32'
 
+# validate if disk is mounted
+restic_archiver__mount_required: false
+# which disk have to be mounted
+restic_archiver__mount_disk: '/mnt/'
+# umount after use?
+restic_archiver__umount_after_usage: false
+
+# required packages
+restic_archiver__package:
+  - cron
+
 # version check for this playbook (true is recomended)
 submodules_versioncheck: false
 ```
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 35b02f7..5d2764c 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -35,5 +35,16 @@ restic_archiver__group: 'root'
 restic_archiver__hour: '3'
 restic_archiver__minute: '32'
 
+# validate if disk is mounted
+restic_archiver__mount_required: false
+# which disk have to be mounted
+restic_archiver__mount_disk: '/mnt/'
+# umount after use?
+restic_archiver__umount_after_usage: false
+
+# required packages
+restic_archiver__package:
+  - cron
+
 # version check for this playbook (true is recomended)
 submodules_versioncheck: false
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 9e4364b..e68fbac 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
     mode: 0700
   become: true
 
+- name: install cron
+  become: true
+  package:
+    name: "{{ restic_archiver__package }}"
+    state: present
+
 - name: setup cronjob for restic
   become: true
   cron:
diff --git a/templates/restic_forget_snapshots.j2 b/templates/restic_forget_snapshots.j2
index eab6195..6f03d38 100644
--- a/templates/restic_forget_snapshots.j2
+++ b/templates/restic_forget_snapshots.j2
@@ -48,7 +48,19 @@ set -euxo pipefail
   --prune {% endif %}
 {%- endmacro %}
 
+{% macro validate_mounts %}
+{% if restic_archiver__mount_required | bool %}
+if mountpoint -q {{ restic_archiver__mount_disk }}
+then
+   echo "{{ restic_archiver__mount_disk }} is mounted"
+else
+   mount -a
+fi
+{% endif %}
+{% endmacro %}
+
 # Settings for Server {{ repo['name'] | string }}
+{{ validate_mounts }}
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="{{ repo['location'] }}"
 export RESTIC_PASSWORD='{{ repo['password'] | regex_replace('\'', '\'\\\'\'') }}'
 BACKUP_NAME="{{ repo.name }}"
@@ -59,6 +71,7 @@ restic check
 
 {% if repo.archive|default(false) %}
 # ARCHIVE Settings for Server "{{ repo['name'] | string }}"
+{{ validate_mounts }}
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="{{ repo['archive_location'] }}"
 export RESTIC_PASSWORD='{{ repo['archive_password'] | regex_replace('\'', '\'\\\'\'') }}'
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY2="{{ repo['location'] }}"
@@ -71,6 +84,7 @@ if ([ -z "$(restic cat config)" ]) 2>/dev/null; then
 fi
 
 # ARCHIVE Settings for Server "{{ repo['name'] | string }}"
+{{ validate_mounts }}
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY2="{{ repo['archive_location'] }}"
 export RESTIC_PASSWORD2='{{ repo['archive_password'] | regex_replace('\'', '\'\\\'\'') }}'
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="{{ repo['location'] }}"
@@ -82,6 +96,7 @@ restic copy
 {% if repo.archive_cleanup %}
 
 # ARCHIVE CLEANUP Settings for Server "{{ repo['name'] | string }}"
+{{ validate_mounts }}
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="{{ repo['archive_location'] }}"
 export RESTIC_PASSWORD='{{ repo['archive_password'] | regex_replace('\'', '\'\\\'\'') }}'
 BACKUP_NAME="{{ repo.name }}_archive"
@@ -94,3 +109,7 @@ restic check
 
 {% endfor %}
 
+sync
+{% if restic_archiver__umount_after_usage %}
+umount restic_archiver__mount_disk
+{% restic_archiver__mount_disk %}
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index ace51d3..a98e5cb 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-playbook_version_number: 24 # should be over ninethousand
+playbook_version_number: 25 # should be over ninethousand
 playbook_version_path: 'role-restic_archiver_roles-ansible_github.com.version'