diff --git a/app/server/modules/backends/nfs/nfs-backend.ts b/app/server/modules/backends/nfs/nfs-backend.ts
index 73ea30f3..876c18b0 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backends/nfs/nfs-backend.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backends/nfs/nfs-backend.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ const mount = async (config: BackendConfig, path: string) => {
 	}
 
 	if (status === "error") {
-		logger.debug(
-			`Trying to unmount any existing mounts at ${path} before mounting...`,
-		);
+		logger.debug(`Trying to unmount any existing mounts at ${path} before mounting...`);
 		await unmount(path);
 	}
 
@@ -58,6 +56,9 @@ const mount = async (config: BackendConfig, path: string) => {
 
 		await executeMount(args);
 
+		// Fallback with -i flag if the first mount fails using the mount helper
+		await executeMount(["-i", ...args]);
+
 		logger.info(`NFS volume at ${path} mounted successfully.`);
 		return { status: BACKEND_STATUS.mounted };
 	};
@@ -120,9 +121,7 @@ const checkHealth = async (path: string) => {
 		}
 
 		if (!mount.fstype.startsWith("nfs")) {
-			throw new Error(
-				`Path ${path} is not mounted as NFS (found ${mount.fstype}).`,
-			);
+			throw new Error(`Path ${path} is not mounted as NFS (found ${mount.fstype}).`);
 		}
 
 		logger.debug(`NFS volume at ${path} is healthy and mounted.`);
@@ -140,10 +139,7 @@ const checkHealth = async (path: string) => {
 	}
 };
 
-export const makeNfsBackend = (
-	config: BackendConfig,
-	path: string,
-): VolumeBackend => ({
+export const makeNfsBackend = (config: BackendConfig, path: string): VolumeBackend => ({
 	mount: () => mount(config, path),
 	unmount: () => unmount(path),
 	checkHealth: () => checkHealth(path),
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backends/smb/smb-backend.ts b/app/server/modules/backends/smb/smb-backend.ts
index d8811605..39d97a29 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backends/smb/smb-backend.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backends/smb/smb-backend.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ const mount = async (config: BackendConfig, path: string) => {
 
 		await executeMount(args);
 
+		// Fallback with -i flag if the first mount fails using the mount helper
+		await executeMount(["-i", ...args]);
+
 		logger.info(`SMB volume at ${path} mounted successfully.`);
 		return { status: BACKEND_STATUS.mounted };
 	};
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backends/utils/backend-utils.ts b/app/server/modules/backends/utils/backend-utils.ts
index ea11570c..20153e59 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backends/utils/backend-utils.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backends/utils/backend-utils.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ export const executeMount = async (args: string[]): Promise<void> => {
 	const stderr = result.stderr.toString().trim();
 
 	if (result.exitCode === 0) {
-		logger.debug(stdout);
-		logger.debug(stderr);
+		if (stdout) logger.debug(stdout);
+		if (stderr) logger.debug(stderr);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	logger.warn(stdout);
-	logger.warn(stderr);
+	if (stdout) logger.warn(stdout);
+	if (stderr) logger.warn(stderr);
 
 	throw new Error(`Mount command failed with exit code ${result.exitCode}: ${stderr || stdout || "unknown error"}`);
 };
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backends/webdav/webdav-backend.ts b/app/server/modules/backends/webdav/webdav-backend.ts
index f971ad90..864da6ca 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backends/webdav/webdav-backend.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backends/webdav/webdav-backend.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ const mount = async (config: BackendConfig, path: string) => {
 		const args = ["-t", "davfs", "-o", options.join(","), source, path];
 		await executeMount(args);
 
+		// Fallback with -i flag if the first mount fails using the mount helper
+		await executeMount(["-i", ...args]);
+
 		logger.info(`WebDAV volume at ${path} mounted successfully.`);
 		return { status: BACKEND_STATUS.mounted };
 	};