diff --git a/hosts/chunk/borg.nix b/hosts/chunk/borg.nix
index c6d6e5f..6b8a5b3 100644
--- a/hosts/chunk/borg.nix
+++ b/hosts/chunk/borg.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
       ];
       # warnings are often not that serious
       failOnWarnings = false;
+      # anything other than exit code 1 is considered failure and BORG_EXIT_CODES=modern uses a whole lot more codes for warning
+      appendFailedSuffix = false;
       postHook = ''
         ${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -u $(cat ${
           config.sops.secrets."services/ntfy".path
diff --git a/hosts/ytnix/default.nix b/hosts/ytnix/default.nix
index 8fa0999..8edd37f 100644
--- a/hosts/ytnix/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/ytnix/default.nix
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@
     ];
     # warnings are often not that serious
     failOnWarnings = false;
+    # anything other than exit code 1 is considered failure and BORG_EXIT_CODES=modern uses a whole lot more codes for warning
+    appendFailedSuffix = false;
     postHook = ''
       ${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -u $(cat ${
         config.sops.secrets."services/ntfy".path