diff --git a/disks/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/udiskie.service b/disks/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/udiskie.service
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+../udiskie.service
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diff --git a/disks/.config/systemd/user/udiskie.service b/disks/.config/systemd/user/udiskie.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Automated mounting of removable devices (udisks)
+
+[Service]
+# workaround to allow relative executable invocation (i.e. current users' home dir)
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/udiskie
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
diff --git a/disks/.config/udiskie/config.yml b/disks/.config/udiskie/config.yml
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+program_options:
+  tray: auto
+  automount: true
+  notify: true
+device_config:
+# ignore any snap loopback devices
+# see https://github.com/coldfix/udiskie/issues/180
+- id_type: squashfs
+  ignore: true
diff --git a/disks/README.md b/disks/README.md
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+# Removable disk configuration
+
+This simple unit depends on `udiskie2` being installed and enables auto-mounting of any inserted removable media.
+It will additionally *ignore* any snaps managed by `snapd`, since they would otherwise be detected as loopback devices.
+
+Automatically installs a `systemd` service which is also enabled to start up on system start (as a user service).
+
+The end result is `udiskie` running in the background and automatically mounting any inserted media, 
+which will then also show its tray icon so that it can be quickly unmounted as well.