diff --git a/playbooks/tmpfs/macos.yml b/playbooks/tmpfs/macos.yml
index f657bc75..b12a026d 100644
--- a/playbooks/tmpfs/macos.yml
+++ b/playbooks/tmpfs/macos.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 - name: MacOS | mount a ram disk
   shell:
-    diskutil info "/{{ tmpfs_volume_path }}/{{ tmpfs_volume_name }}/" ||
-    diskutil erasevolume HFS+ "{{ tmpfs_volume_name }}" $(hdiutil attach -nomount ram://64000)
+    /usr/sbin/diskutil info "/{{ tmpfs_volume_path }}/{{ tmpfs_volume_name }}/" ||
+    /usr/sbin/diskutil erasevolume HFS+ "{{ tmpfs_volume_name }}" $(hdiutil attach -nomount ram://64000)
   args:
     creates: "/{{ tmpfs_volume_path }}/{{ tmpfs_volume_name }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/tmpfs/umount.yml b/playbooks/tmpfs/umount.yml
index 7ccac146..e0a68a0d 100644
--- a/playbooks/tmpfs/umount.yml
+++ b/playbooks/tmpfs/umount.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,21 @@
     state: absent
   when: facts.ansible_system == "Linux"
 
-- name: MacOS | eject the ram disk
-  command: diskutil eject "/{{ facts.tmpfs_volume_path }}/{{ facts.tmpfs_volume_name }}/" || true
+- name: MacOS | check fs the ramdisk exists
+  command: /usr/sbin/diskutil info AlgoVPN-test
+  ignore_errors: true
   changed_when: false
-  when: facts.ansible_system == "Darwin"
+  register: diskutil_info
+
+- name: MacOS | unmount and eject the ram disk
+  shell:
+    /usr/sbin/diskutil umount force "/{{ facts.tmpfs_volume_path }}/{{ facts.tmpfs_volume_name }}/" &&
+    /usr/sbin/diskutil eject "{{ facts.tmpfs_volume_name }}"
+  changed_when: false
+  when:
+    - facts.ansible_system == "Darwin"
+    - diskutil_info.rc == 0
+  register: result
+  until: result.rc == 0
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 3