diff --git a/src/nixos-anywhere.sh b/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
index c261bd4..9451b04 100755
--- a/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
+++ b/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ export PATH=\$PATH:/run/current-system/sw/bin
 mkdir -p /mnt/tmp
 chmod 777 /mnt/tmp
 nixos-install --no-root-passwd --no-channel-copy --system "$nixos_system"
+zpool export -a || : # we always want to export the zfs pools so people can boot from it without force import
 # We will reboot in background so we can cleanly finish the script before the hosts go down.
 # This makes integration into scripts easier
 nohup bash -c '${maybe_reboot}' >/dev/null &