diff --git a/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf b/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf
index 880fc46cc05..9bb0a93b6a6 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf
+++ b/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ cd /tmp
 yum install -y https://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads-windows/SSMAgent/latest/linux_amd64/amazon-ssm-agent.rpm
 sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent
 sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent
-mount -t nfs4 -o rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,hard,timeo=600,retrans=2,noresvport fs-04977da5fb1325b4b.efs.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com:/ /backups
+echo "fs-04977da5fb1325b4b.efs.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com:/ /backups nfs4 rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,hard,timeo=600,retrans=2,noresvport" >> /etc/fstab
+mount -a
 EOF
 }