# How can I set this to take "Manual Snapshots Only" instead of 5 AM daily?

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-set-this-to-take-manual-snapshots-only-instead-of-5-am-daily/916>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-set-this-to-take-manual-snapshots-only-instead-of-5-am-daily/916 "2022-02-09T16:47:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![mattzab](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/mattzab/32/276_2.png) [@mattzab](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/mattzab)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-set-this-to-take-manual-snapshots-only-instead-of-5-am-daily/916/1 "2022-02-09T16:47:14Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/kopia/original/1X/4a95c35805fee35e1deae160d0f06be3dbe09bd5.png)

It still takes snapshots every day at 5AM. This is a problem, as the file system isn’t mounted. It’s just getting an empty folder and counting that as the snapshot.

`Version v0.10.4 3447f1865f0b0536653aa6e9c07896ce73c3e600 kopia/htmlui a4bcda1f00ccb2f7e3f066e22e5381c1183501b0 built on Mon Jan 31 04:20:55 UTC 2022 fv-az121-778`

```auto
{
    "retention": {
        "keepLatest": 1000
    },
    "files": {},
    "errorHandling": {
        "ignoreFileErrors": true,
        "ignoreDirectoryErrors": true,
        "ignoreUnknownTypes": true
    },
    "scheduling": {
        "manual": true
    },
    "compression": {},
    "actions": {},
    "logging": {
        "directories": {},
        "entries": {}
    }
}

```