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 #### Advanced example (with restic and multiple servers)
 If you have multiple servers, you can use `@` to create timers on-demand for each server. This assumes the server directories are named the same as the screen name.
 
+To start at boot, you may also need to enable linger:
+```bash
+loginctl enable-linger "$USER"
+```
+
 `~/.config/systemd/user/minecraft-backup.timer`
 ```systemd
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