diff --git a/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/files/restic-batch b/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/files/restic-batch
index a1a48c9..50d8c9c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/files/restic-batch
+++ b/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/files/restic-batch
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ class Volume(abc.ABC):
     def _backup_path(self):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    @abc.abstractproperty
+    def _restore_path(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def backup(self):
         print(f"Backing up {self._bucket_name}", flush=True)
 
@@ -68,9 +72,10 @@ class Volume(abc.ABC):
             # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             # Perform the backup.
             # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-            subprocess.run(self._restic_cmd_base + ["backup", "."], cwd=self._backup_path,
-                           env=self._environ, check=True,
-                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            ps = subprocess.run(self._restic_cmd_base + ["backup", "."], cwd=self._backup_path,
+                                env=self._environ, check=True,
+                                stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            print(ps.stdout.decode("ascii"), flush=True)
 
             # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             # Forget and prune old snapshots.
@@ -94,6 +99,19 @@ class Volume(abc.ABC):
             print(err.stdout.decode("ascii"), flush=True)
             raise
 
+    def restore(self):
+        print(f"Restoring {self._bucket_name}", flush=True)
+
+        try:
+            subprocess.run(self._restic_cmd_base + ["restore", "latest", "--target", "."],
+                           cwd=self._restore_path,
+                           env=self._environ, check=True,
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
+            print(err.stdout.decode("ascii"), flush=True)
+            raise
+
 
 class DirectoryVolume(Volume):
 
@@ -105,6 +123,10 @@ class DirectoryVolume(Volume):
     def _backup_path(self):
         return self.__directory
 
+    @property
+    def _restore_path(self):
+        return self.__directory
+
 
 class DatasetMount:
 
@@ -142,8 +164,9 @@ class DatasetVolume(Volume):
         super().__init__(name, repo_config)
         self.__dataset = dataset
         self.__snapshot = self.__get_last_daily_snapshot()
+        self.__mountpoint = mountpoint
         self.__backup_path = os.path.normpath(
-            os.path.join("/", "mnt", os.path.relpath(mountpoint, "/"))
+            os.path.join("/", "mnt", os.path.relpath(self.__mountpoint, "/"))
         )
 
     def __get_last_daily_snapshot(self):
@@ -160,6 +183,10 @@ class DatasetVolume(Volume):
     def _backup_path(self):
         return self.__backup_path
 
+    @property
+    def _restore_path(self):
+        return self.__mountpoint
+
     def backup(self):
         with DatasetMount(self.__snapshot, self._backup_path):
             super().backup()
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/tasks/main.yml
index 8030646..91915bc 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     state: "directory"
     mode: 0755
 
+- name: "install restic-batch dependencies"
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name: "python3-yaml"
+
 - name: "install the restic-batch script"
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     src: "./restic-batch"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/include/meta/argument_specs.yml b/playbooks/roles/services/backups/include/meta/argument_specs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ff7595a..0000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/include/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-argument_specs:
-  main:
-    options:
-      services_data_dataset:
-        type: "str"
-        required: true
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/include/vars/datasets.yml b/playbooks/roles/services/backups/include/vars/datasets.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0aa52c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/services/backups/include/vars/datasets.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+services_backups_user_data_dataset: "{{ services_data_dataset }}/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
+services_backups_user_data_directory: "\
+  {{ services_data_directory }}/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/include/vars/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/services/backups/include/vars/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index acf2753..0000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/include/vars/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
----
-services_backups_user_data_dataset: "{{ services_data_dataset }}/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/meta/argument_specs.yml b/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/meta/argument_specs.yml
index ec0e528..3286b48 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ argument_specs:
       services_service_name:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_data_dataset:
+        type: "str"
+        required: false
+      services_data_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: false
       services_backups_restic_services:
         type: "dict"
         elem: "dict"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/tasks/main.yml
index 48f2134..0eb9364 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 - name: "{{ services_service_name }} : tasks:vars"
   ansible.builtin.import_role:
     name: "services/backups/include"
-    vars_from: "main"
+    vars_from: "datasets"
 
 - name: "{{ services_service_name }} : create restic password file"
   ansible.builtin.template:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/templates/restic-volumes-service.yml.j2 b/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/templates/restic-volumes-service.yml.j2
index 138f7bd..a620918 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/templates/restic-volumes-service.yml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/services/backups/restic/templates/restic-volumes-service.yml.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+{% if services_data_dataset is defined %}
 dataset: {{ services_backups_user_data_dataset }}
+{% else %}
+directory: {{ services_backups_user_data_directory }}
+{% endif %}
 aws_bucket_keys_file: {{ services_backups_restic_services[services_service_name].aws_keys_file }}
 aws_bucket_endpoint: {{ services_backups_restic_services[services_service_name].aws_bucket_endpoint }}
 aws_bucket_prefix: {{ services_backups_restic_services[services_service_name].aws_bucket_prefix }}