diff --git a/services/nomad/mirror/sync.nomad b/services/nomad/mirror/sync.nomad
index 2246d5c3..2f92f6d4 100644
--- a/services/nomad/mirror/sync.nomad
+++ b/services/nomad/mirror/sync.nomad
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ job "sync" {
           args = [
             "-vurk",
             "--delete-after",
+            "--delay-updates",
             "--links",
             "rsync://${env["RSYNC_ADDR"]}/${group.value}/",
             "/${group.value}/",