diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/tmpfiles.d/mycroft.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/tmpfiles.d/mycroft.conf
index 75383d19..76ee8fd5 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/tmpfiles.d/mycroft.conf
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/tmpfiles.d/mycroft.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 d /var/log/mycroft 700 mycroft mycroft
 Z /opt/mycroft - mycroft mycroft
+d /ramdisk 700 mycroft mycroft
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/ramdisk.mount b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/ramdisk.mount
index 74769558..75bd91f9 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/ramdisk.mount
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/ramdisk.mount
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Conflicts=umount.target
 What=/dev/zram1
 Where=/ramdisk
 Type=ext4
-Options=nobarrier,strictatime,nosuid,nodev
+Options=rw,nobarrier,strictatime,nosuid,nodev
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=local-fs.target