diff --git a/usr/local/share/bastille/create.sh b/usr/local/share/bastille/create.sh
index 5f39a838..033082f8 100644
--- a/usr/local/share/bastille/create.sh
+++ b/usr/local/share/bastille/create.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ create_jail() {
     if [ ! -d "${bastille_jailsdir}/${NAME}" ]; then
         if [ "${bastille_zfs_enable}" = "YES" ]; then
             if [ ! -z "${bastille_zfs_zpool}" ]; then
-                zfs create ${bastille_zfs_options} -o mountpoint=${bastille_jailsdir}/${NAME} ${bastille_zfs_zpool}/${bastille_zfs_prefix}/jails/${NAME}
+                ## create required zfs datasets
+                zfs create ${bastille_zfs_options} ${bastille_zfs_zpool}/${bastille_zfs_prefix}/jails/${NAME}
+                zfs create ${bastille_zfs_options} -o mountpoint=${bastille_jailsdir}/${NAME}/root ${bastille_zfs_zpool}/${bastille_zfs_prefix}/jails/${NAME}/root
             fi
         else
             mkdir -p "${bastille_jailsdir}/${NAME}"
diff --git a/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh b/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh
index 6d452a6a..023eb16f 100644
--- a/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh
+++ b/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ destroy_jail() {
         echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}Deleting Jail: ${NAME}.${COLOR_RESET}"
         if [ "${bastille_zfs_enable}" = "YES" ]; then
             if [ ! -z "${bastille_zfs_zpool}" ]; then
+                ## remove zfs datasets individually
+                zfs destroy ${bastille_zfs_zpool}/${bastille_zfs_prefix}/jails/${NAME}/root
                 zfs destroy ${bastille_zfs_zpool}/${bastille_zfs_prefix}/jails/${NAME}
             fi
         fi