diff --git a/nixos/machines/gender-station/machine.nix b/nixos/machines/gender-station/machine.nix
index 4fd4b079..a895709b 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/gender-station/machine.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/gender-station/machine.nix
@@ -43,8 +43,15 @@
 
   fileSystems."/mnt/media" = {
     device = "xenia@10.100.100.254:/media";
-    fsType = "fuse.sshfs";
-    options = [ "IdentityFile=/home/xenia/.ssh/id_ed25519" "allow_other" "uid=1002" "gid=1002" "x-systemd.automount" "noauto" ];
+    fsType = "sshfs";
+    options = [
+      "IdentityFile=/home/xenia/.ssh/id_ed25519"
+      "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" # if the host is not in the known_hosts file, mount will silently mount
+      "allow_other" "uid=1000" "gid=1000"
+      "x-systemd.automount"
+      "noauto"
+      "reconnect"
+    ];
   };
 
   boot.supportedFilesystems."fuse.sshfs" = true;