diff --git a/lib/swift b/lib/swift
index d50b554..783ec75 100644
--- a/lib/swift
+++ b/lib/swift
@@ -111,54 +111,8 @@
     # Make sure to kill all swift processes first
     swift-init --run-dir=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/run all stop || true
 
-    # First do a bit of setup by creating the directories and
-    # changing the permissions so we can run it as our user.
-
-    USER_GROUP=$(id -g)
-    sudo mkdir -p ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/{drives,cache,run,logs}
-    sudo chown -R $USER:${USER_GROUP} ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}
-
-    # Create a loopback disk and format it to XFS.
-    if [[ -e ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img ]]; then
-        if egrep -q ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1 /proc/mounts; then
-            sudo umount ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1
-            sudo rm -f ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img
-        fi
-    fi
-
-    mkdir -p  ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images
-    sudo touch  ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img
-    sudo chown $USER: ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img
-
-    dd if=/dev/zero of=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img \
-        bs=1024 count=0 seek=${SWIFT_LOOPBACK_DISK_SIZE}
-
-    # Make a fresh XFS filesystem
-    mkfs.xfs -f -i size=1024  ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img
-
-    # Mount the disk with mount options to make it as efficient as possible
-    mkdir -p ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1
-    if ! egrep -q ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1 /proc/mounts; then
-        sudo mount -t xfs -o loop,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier,logbufs=8  \
-            ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1
-    fi
-
-    # Create a link to the above mount and
-    # create all of the directories needed to emulate a few different servers
-    for node_number in ${SWIFT_REPLICAS_SEQ}; do
-        sudo ln -sf ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1/$node_number ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/$node_number;
-        drive=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1/${node_number}
-        node=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/${node_number}/node
-        node_device=${node}/sdb1
-        [[ -d $node ]] && continue
-        [[ -d $drive ]] && continue
-        sudo install -o ${USER} -g $USER_GROUP -d $drive
-        sudo install -o ${USER} -g $USER_GROUP -d $node_device
-        sudo chown -R $USER: ${node}
-    done
-
-   sudo mkdir -p ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/{object,container,account}-server
-   sudo chown -R $USER: ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}
+    sudo mkdir -p ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/{object,container,account}-server
+    sudo chown -R $USER: ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}
 
     if [[ "$SWIFT_CONF_DIR" != "/etc/swift" ]]; then
         # Some swift tools are hard-coded to use ``/etc/swift`` and are apparently not going to be fixed.
@@ -332,12 +286,66 @@
     setup_develop $SWIFTCLIENT_DIR
 }
 
+# create_swift_disk - Create Swift backing disk
+function create_swift_disk() {
+    local node_number
+
+    # First do a bit of setup by creating the directories and
+    # changing the permissions so we can run it as our user.
+
+    USER_GROUP=$(id -g)
+    sudo mkdir -p ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/{drives,cache,run,logs}
+    sudo chown -R $USER:${USER_GROUP} ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}
+
+    # Create a loopback disk and format it to XFS.
+    if [[ -e ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img ]]; then
+        if egrep -q ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1 /proc/mounts; then
+            sudo umount ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1
+            sudo rm -f ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images
+    sudo touch ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img
+    sudo chown $USER: ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img
+
+    dd if=/dev/zero of=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img \
+        bs=1024 count=0 seek=${SWIFT_LOOPBACK_DISK_SIZE}
+
+    # Make a fresh XFS filesystem
+    mkfs.xfs -f -i size=1024  ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img
+
+    # Mount the disk with mount options to make it as efficient as possible
+    mkdir -p ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1
+    if ! egrep -q ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1 /proc/mounts; then
+        sudo mount -t xfs -o loop,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier,logbufs=8  \
+            ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/images/swift.img ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1
+    fi
+
+    # Create a link to the above mount and
+    # create all of the directories needed to emulate a few different servers
+    for node_number in ${SWIFT_REPLICAS_SEQ}; do
+        sudo ln -sf ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1/$node_number ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/$node_number;
+        drive=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1/${node_number}
+        node=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/${node_number}/node
+        node_device=${node}/sdb1
+        [[ -d $node ]] && continue
+        [[ -d $drive ]] && continue
+        sudo install -o ${USER} -g $USER_GROUP -d $drive
+        sudo install -o ${USER} -g $USER_GROUP -d $node_device
+        sudo chown -R $USER: ${node}
+    done
+}
+
 # init_swift() - Initialize rings
 function init_swift() {
     local node_number
     # Make sure to kill all swift processes first
     swift-init --run-dir=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/run all stop || true
 
+    # Forcibly re-create the backing filesystem
+    create_swift_disk
+
     # This is where we create three different rings for swift with
     # different object servers binding on different ports.
     pushd ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR} >/dev/null && {