diff --git a/mkosi.extra/usr/bin/_kdeos-overlay b/mkosi.extra/usr/bin/_kdeos-overlay
index 3303b99..b8293cd 100755
--- a/mkosi.extra/usr/bin/_kdeos-overlay
+++ b/mkosi.extra/usr/bin/_kdeos-overlay
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ mount -v \
     "$rootdisk" "${sysroot}/usr/lib/locale"
 mount -v \
     -o rw,subvol=@snap \
-    "$rootdisk" "${sysroot}/snap"
+    "$rootdisk" "${sysroot}/var/lib/snapd/snap"
 mount -v \
     -t overlay \
     -o "rw,lowerdir=${sysroot}/etc,upperdir=${sysroot}/system/@etc-overlay/upper,workdir=${sysroot}/system/@etc-overlay/work,index=off,metacopy=off" \
diff --git a/mkosi.postinst.chroot b/mkosi.postinst.chroot
index 6821524..8da11fb 100755
--- a/mkosi.postinst.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.postinst.chroot
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -ex
 env
 
 mkdir --mode 0700 /system # for the kdeos-overlay.service
-mkdir /snap # for snapd
+ln -s var/lib/snapd/snap /snap # for snapd
 
 export SYSTEMD_ESP_PATH="$BOOT_MNT"
 mkdir --mode 0700 "$SYSTEMD_ESP_PATH"
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ pacman --noconfirm --upgrade /home/builder/.cache/yay/snapd/*.pkg.tar.*
 pacman --noconfirm --upgrade /home/builder/.cache/yay/steam-devices-git/*.pkg.tar.*
 pacman --noconfirm --upgrade /home/builder/.cache/yay/systemd-bootchart/*.pkg.tar.*
 touch /var/lib/snapd/apparmor/snap-confine/.keep # this has been gotten lost in the past for unknown reasons
+mkdir /var/lib/snapd/snap/ # make sure the final snap location exists. we'll mount into it
 userdel --remove builder
 rm /etc/sudoers.d/builder
 rm -rf /home/builder