diff --git a/roles/restic/tasks/backend.yml b/roles/restic/tasks/backend.yml
index d392f9f..187aa2b 100644
--- a/roles/restic/tasks/backend.yml
+++ b/roles/restic/tasks/backend.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,5 @@
     mode: "0700"
   when: restic_repo is defined and restic_repo.startswith('/')  # only local path
 
-- name: Ensure restic repo is initialized
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    set -euo pipefail
-    source /etc/restic/restic.env
-    restic snapshots > /dev/null 2>&1 || restic init
-    touch /etc/restic/.initialized
-  args:
-    creates: /etc/restic/.initialized
+- ansible.builtin.include_tasks: init.yml
 
diff --git a/roles/restic/tasks/backend_sftp.yml b/roles/restic/tasks/backend_sftp.yml
index 2795f1d..7f38c48 100644
--- a/roles/restic/tasks/backend_sftp.yml
+++ b/roles/restic/tasks/backend_sftp.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,5 @@
     dest: /root/.ssh/config
     mode: "0644"
 
-- name: Initialize restic repo on Storage Box (if needed)
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    source /etc/restic/restic.env
-    restic snapshots > /dev/null 2>&1 || restic init
-    touch /etc/restic/.initialized
-  args:
-    creates: /etc/restic/.initialized
+- ansible.builtin.include_tasks: init.yml
 
diff --git a/roles/restic/tasks/init.yml b/roles/restic/tasks/init.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83f65b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/restic/tasks/init.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- name: Initialize restic repo (if needed)
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    set -euo pipefail
+    source /etc/restic/restic.env
+    restic snapshots > /dev/null 2>&1 || restic init
+    touch /etc/restic/.initialized
+  args:
+    creates: /etc/restic/.initialized