diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/Chart.lock b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/Chart.lock
index 29fe7c581..0e18f2189 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/Chart.lock
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/Chart.lock
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@ dependencies:
 - name: app-template
   repository: https://bjw-s-labs.github.io/helm-charts/
   version: 4.5.0
-digest: sha256:b08b2d3923734ba8844754727803a4b4e1de2ad418c3f755ccd64927266c1b5c
-generated: "2025-12-05T17:04:04.30013278Z"
+- name: volsync-target
+  repository: oci://harbor.alexlebens.net/helm-charts
+  version: 0.3.0
+digest: sha256:476021b852fbbd829570bcb88309eea92bd096cb4ec79efe2d895ee0c46f1c49
+generated: "2025-12-15T21:43:24.262051-06:00"
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/Chart.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/Chart.yaml
index 9f81e65e3..975eef39b 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/Chart.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/Chart.yaml
@@ -19,5 +19,9 @@ dependencies:
     alias: ephemera
     repository: https://bjw-s-labs.github.io/helm-charts/
     version: 4.5.0
+  - name: volsync-target
+    alias: volsync-target-config
+    version: 0.3.0
+    repository: oci://harbor.alexlebens.net/helm-charts
 icon: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/icons/png/ephemera.png
 appVersion: 1.3.1
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/templates/external-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/templates/external-secret.yaml
index 492cdad34..2576e2af0 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/templates/external-secret.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/templates/external-secret.yaml
@@ -42,60 +42,3 @@ spec:
         key: /cl01tl/ephemera/config
         metadataPolicy: None
         property: ntfy-url
-
----
-apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
-kind: ExternalSecret
-metadata:
-  name: ephemera-config-backup-secret
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: ephemera-config-backup-secret
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: {{ .Release.Name }}
-spec:
-  secretStoreRef:
-    kind: ClusterSecretStore
-    name: vault
-  target:
-    template:
-      mergePolicy: Merge
-      engineVersion: v2
-      data:
-        RESTIC_REPOSITORY: "{{ `{{ .BUCKET_ENDPOINT }}` }}/ephemera/ephemera-config"
-  data:
-    - secretKey: BUCKET_ENDPOINT
-      remoteRef:
-        conversionStrategy: Default
-        decodingStrategy: None
-        key: /cl01tl/volsync/restic/config
-        metadataPolicy: None
-        property: S3_BUCKET_ENDPOINT
-    - secretKey: RESTIC_PASSWORD
-      remoteRef:
-        conversionStrategy: Default
-        decodingStrategy: None
-        key: /cl01tl/volsync/restic/config
-        metadataPolicy: None
-        property: RESTIC_PASSWORD
-    - secretKey: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
-      remoteRef:
-        conversionStrategy: Default
-        decodingStrategy: None
-        key: /cl01tl/volsync/restic/config
-        metadataPolicy: None
-        property: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
-    - secretKey: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-      remoteRef:
-        conversionStrategy: Default
-        decodingStrategy: None
-        key: /digital-ocean/home-infra/volsync-backups
-        metadataPolicy: None
-        property: access_key
-    - secretKey: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
-      remoteRef:
-        conversionStrategy: Default
-        decodingStrategy: None
-        key: /digital-ocean/home-infra/volsync-backups
-        metadataPolicy: None
-        property: secret_key
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/templates/replication-source.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/templates/replication-source.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35b410866..000000000
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/templates/replication-source.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: volsync.backube/v1alpha1
-kind: ReplicationSource
-metadata:
-  name: ephemera-config-backup-source
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: ephemera-config-backup-source
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: {{ .Release.Name }}
-spec:
-  sourcePVC: ephemera
-  trigger:
-    schedule: 0 4 * * *
-  restic:
-    pruneIntervalDays: 7
-    repository: ephemera-config-backup-secret
-    retain:
-      hourly: 1
-      daily: 3
-      weekly: 2
-      monthly: 2
-      yearly: 4
-    copyMethod: Snapshot
-    storageClassName: ceph-block
-    volumeSnapshotClassName: ceph-blockpool-snapshot
-    cacheCapacity: 10Gi
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/values.yaml
index 7d495fbc4..c7131ae53 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/ephemera/values.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ ephemera:
           protocol: HTTP
   persistence:
     config:
+      forceRename: ephemera
       storageClass: ceph-block
       accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
       size: 5Gi
@@ -105,3 +106,5 @@ ephemera:
           main:
             - path: /app/ingest
               readOnly: false
+volsync-target-config:
+  pvcTarget: ephemera