--- a/archiso	2016-12-21 17:30:46.000000000 -0500
+++ b/archiso	2017-01-18 10:24:37.113333330 -0500
@@ -194,9 +194,15 @@
         echo $(readlink -f ${cow_device}) >> /run/archiso/used_block_devices
         mount -o remount,rw "/run/archiso/cowspace"
     else
-        msg ":: Mounting /run/archiso/cowspace (tmpfs) filesystem, size=${cow_spacesize}..."
-        mkdir -p /run/archiso/cowspace
-        mount -t tmpfs -o "size=${cow_spacesize}",mode=0755 cowspace /run/archiso/cowspace
+	if [[ "${cow_persistent}" != 'P' ]]; then
+        	msg ":: Mounting /run/archiso/cowspace (tmpfs) filesystem, size=${cow_spacesize}..."
+        	mkdir -p /run/archiso/cowspace
+        	mount -t tmpfs -o "size=${cow_spacesize}",mode=0755 cowspace /run/archiso/cowspace
+        else
+        	msg ":: Mounting /run/archiso/cowspace (tmpfs) filesystem..."
+        	mkdir -p /run/archiso/cowspace
+        	mount -t tmpfs -o mode=0755 cowspace /run/archiso/cowspace
+	fi
     fi
     mkdir -p -m 0700 "/run/archiso/cowspace/${cow_directory}"