diff --git a/hooks/zz_snap-pac-install.hook b/hooks/zz_snap-pac-install.hook
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8f8996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/zz_snap-pac-install.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# snap-pac
+# https://github.com/wesbarnett/snap-pac
+# Copyright (C) 2016, 2017 James W. Barnett
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+[Trigger]
+Operation = Install
+Type = Package
+Target = snap-pac
+
+[Action]
+Description = You are installing snap-pac, so no post transaction snapshots will be taken.
+Depends = snap-pac
+When = PostTransaction
+Exec = /usr/bin/true
diff --git a/scripts/snap-pac b/scripts/snap-pac
index 4d549e5..201c1f5 100755
--- a/scripts/snap-pac
+++ b/scripts/snap-pac
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ for CONFIG in $SNAPPER_CONFIGS; do
     elif [[ -f $prefile && "$pre_or_post" == "post" ]]; then
         printf "==> %s: $($snapper_cmd "$(truncate_description $PACMAN_POST_DESCRIPTION)" --pre-number "$(< "$prefile")")\n" "$CONFIG"
         rm -f "$prefile"
-    elif [[ ! -f $prefile && "$pre_or_post" == "post" ]]; then
-        warning "%s does not exist, so no post snapshot for %s will be taken. If you are initially installing $name, this is normal." "$prefile" "$CONFIG"
     fi
 
 done