diff --git a/files/docker_persistent_data/.gitkeep b/files/docker_persistent_data/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/group_vars/all/vars.yml b/group_vars/all/vars.yml
index c4c463b9..16355256 100644
--- a/group_vars/all/vars.yml
+++ b/group_vars/all/vars.yml
@@ -89,12 +89,8 @@ security_autoupdate_mail_to: "{{ email }}"
 security_autoupdate_mail_on_error: true
 
 #
-# Docker
+# Enable/disable individual Docker containers
 #
-copy_persistent_data: false
-
-force_copy_persistent_data: false
-
 enable_deconz: true
 
 enable_homeassistant: true
@@ -145,7 +141,6 @@ enable_timemachine: true
 #
 # IKEv2
 #
-
 ikev2_ondemand: true
 
 #
@@ -248,10 +243,12 @@ snapraid_runner_smtp_port: "{{ email_smtp_port }}"
 
 snapraid_runner_command: "python3 {{ snapraid_runner_bin }} -c {{ snapraid_runner_conf }}"
 
+# Stop all the docker containers, backup the {{ docker_dir }} to the MergerFS pool, execute the snapraid runner and start the containers back up
+# Stopping the containers is necessary – backing up the data folder with the containers running will result in corrputed database files and no files can be changed during the Snapraid sync
 snapraid_runner_cron_jobs:
   - { job: 'docker stop $(docker ps -q) && rsync -avz --delete --exclude cache {{ docker_dir }} {{ mergerfs_root }}/docker_data && {{ snapraid_runner_command }} && docker start $(docker ps -a -q)', name: 'snapraid_runner', weekday: '0', hour: '3' }
 
-snapraid_runner_delete_threshold: 5000
+snapraid_runner_delete_threshold: 999999
 
 snapraid_runner_email_sendon: "error"
 
diff --git a/run.yml b/run.yml
index 19da4804..0f197397 100644
--- a/run.yml
+++ b/run.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
   become: yes
 
   pre_tasks:
-    - name: Copy persistent data to the server
-      import_tasks: tasks/copy_persistent_data.yml
-      tags: containers
-
     - name: Remove snap functionality
       import_tasks: tasks/yeet_snaps.yml
       tags: nosnaps
diff --git a/tasks/backup_persistent_data.yml b/tasks/backup_persistent_data.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f1584c2..00000000
--- a/tasks/backup_persistent_data.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-- name: Check if the persistent data folder exists on the remote machine
-  stat:
-    path: "{{ docker_dir }}"
-  register: persistent_data_remote
-
-- name: Get running containers
-  docker_host_info:
-    containers: yes
-  register: docker_info
-
-- name: Stop running containers
-  docker_container:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: stopped
-  loop: "{{ docker_info.containers | map(attribute='Id') | list }}"
-
-- name: Sync the persistent docker data from the server 
-  synchronize:
-    mode: pull
-    delete: yes
-    src: "{{ docker_dir }}/"
-    dest: "files/docker_persistent_data/"
-  when: persistent_data_remote.stat.exists == true
-
-- name: Start all containers
-  docker_container:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: started
-  loop: "{{ docker_info.containers | map(attribute='Id') | list }}"
-
diff --git a/tasks/copy_persistent_data.yml b/tasks/copy_persistent_data.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index dc1c1fb2..00000000
--- a/tasks/copy_persistent_data.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-- name: Check if the persistent data folder exists on the local machine
-  become: false
-  local_action:
-    module: stat
-    path: "files/docker_persistent_data/"
-  register: persistent_data_local
-
-- name: Check if the persistent data folder exists on the remote machine
-  stat:
-    path: "{{ docker_dir }}"
-  register: persistent_data_remote
-
-- name: Create the persistent data folder on the remote machine
-  file:
-    dest: "{{ docker_dir }}"
-    state: directory
-    owner: "{{ username }}"
-    group: "{{ username }}"
-    recurse: yes
-  when: persistent_data_remote.stat.exists == false
-
-- name: Sync the persistent docker data to the server 
-  synchronize:
-    mode: push
-    delete: yes
-    src: "files/docker_persistent_data/"
-    dest: "{{ docker_dir }}/"
-  when: copy_persistent_data and (persistent_data_local.stat.exists == true and persistent_data_remote.stat.exists == false) or force_copy_persistent_data
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