diff --git a/pkg/restore.go b/pkg/restore.go
index d9f0c7f3f..24c9d4d00 100644
--- a/pkg/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/restore.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	license "go.bytebuilders.dev/license-verifier/kubernetes"
 	"gomodules.xyz/flags"
 	"gomodules.xyz/pointer"
+	go_str "gomodules.xyz/x/strings"
 	core "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -228,9 +229,10 @@ func (opt *mongoOptions) restoreMongoDB(targetRef api_v1beta1.TargetRef) (*resti
 
 	opt.totalHosts = 1
 	// For sharded MongoDB, parameter.ConfigServer will not be empty
+	var restoreSession *api_v1beta1.RestoreSession
 	if parameters.ConfigServer != "" {
 		opt.totalHosts = len(parameters.ReplicaSets) + 1 // for each shard there will be one key in parameters.ReplicaSet
-		restoreSession, err := opt.stashClient.StashV1beta1().RestoreSessions(opt.namespace).Get(context.TODO(), opt.restoreSessionName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		restoreSession, err = opt.stashClient.StashV1beta1().RestoreSessions(opt.namespace).Get(context.TODO(), opt.restoreSessionName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -311,9 +313,8 @@ func (opt *mongoOptions) restoreMongoDB(targetRef api_v1beta1.TargetRef) (*resti
 			Host:       hostKey,
 			SourceHost: hostKey,
 			FileName:   opt.defaultDumpOptions.FileName,
-			Snapshot:   opt.defaultDumpOptions.Snapshot,
+			Snapshot:   opt.getSnapshotForHost(hostKey, restoreSession.Spec.Target.Rules),
 		}
-
 		// setup pipe command
 		restoreCmd := restic.Command{
 			Name: MongoRestoreCMD,
@@ -426,3 +427,19 @@ func (opt *mongoOptions) getHostRestoreStats(err error) []api_v1beta1.HostRestor
 
 	return restoreStats
 }
+
+func (opt *mongoOptions) getSnapshotForHost(hostname string, rules []api_v1beta1.Rule) string {
+	var hostSnapshot string
+	for _, rule := range rules {
+		if len(rule.TargetHosts) == 0 || go_str.Contains(rule.TargetHosts, hostname) {
+			hostSnapshot = rule.Snapshots[0]
+			// if rule has empty targetHost then check further rules to see if any other rule with non-empty targetHost matches
+			if len(rule.TargetHosts) == 0 {
+				continue
+			} else {
+				return hostSnapshot
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return hostSnapshot
+}
diff --git a/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/fmt.go b/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/fmt.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20474bcb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/fmt.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package strings
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func Fmt(s string) string {
+	stripper := &Stripe{
+		Result: "",
+	}
+	stripper.Write(s)
+	return stripper.Result
+}
+
+// Striplines wraps an output stream, stripping runs of consecutive empty lines.
+// You must call Flush before the output stream will be complete.
+// Implements io.WriteCloser, Writer, Closer.
+type Stripe struct {
+	Result      string
+	lastLine    []byte
+	currentLine []byte
+}
+
+func (w *Stripe) Write(p string) (int, error) {
+	totalN := 0
+	s := string(p)
+	if !strings.Contains(s, "\n") {
+		w.currentLine = append(w.currentLine, p...)
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	cur := string(append(w.currentLine, p...))
+	lastN := strings.LastIndex(cur, "\n")
+	s = cur[:lastN]
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(s, "\n") {
+		n, err := w.writeLn(line + "\n")
+		w.lastLine = []byte(line)
+		if err != nil {
+			return totalN, err
+		}
+		totalN += n
+	}
+	rem := cur[(lastN + 1):]
+	w.currentLine = []byte(rem)
+	return totalN, nil
+}
+
+// Close flushes the last of the output into the underlying writer.
+func (w *Stripe) Close() error {
+	_, err := w.writeLn(string(w.currentLine))
+	return err
+}
+
+func (w *Stripe) writeLn(line string) (n int, err error) {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(string(w.lastLine)) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(line) == "" {
+		return 0, nil
+	} else {
+		w.Result = w.Result + line
+		return len(line), nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/optionals.go b/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/optionals.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68e9dad08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/optionals.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package strings
+
+import "log"
+
+func VString(def string, args ...string) string {
+	v := def
+	if len(args) == 1 {
+		v = args[0]
+	} else if len(args) > 1 {
+		v = args[0]
+		log.Printf("Found more than 1 argument when expected 1 %v", args)
+	}
+	return v
+}
diff --git a/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/preconditions.go b/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/preconditions.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36b290fb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/preconditions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package strings
+
+import "strings"
+
+func Val(v string, def string) string {
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(v)
+	if trimmed == "" {
+		return def
+	}
+	return trimmed
+}
diff --git a/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/strings.go b/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/strings.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71a0f79b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/gomodules.xyz/x/strings/strings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package strings
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+// Benchmark 19246 ns/op.
+func Reverse(s string) string {
+	size := len(s)
+	buf := make([]byte, size)
+	for start := 0; start < size; {
+		r, n := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s[start:])
+		start += n
+		utf8.EncodeRune(buf[size-start:], r)
+	}
+	return string(buf)
+}
+
+func PrefixFold(s, prefix string) bool {
+	return len(s) >= len(prefix) && strings.EqualFold(prefix, s[:len(prefix)])
+}
+
+func IsEmpty(s *string) bool {
+	return s == nil || *s == ""
+}
+
+func IsBothAlphaNum(a string) bool {
+	alpha := false
+	num := false
+	for _, c := range a {
+		if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') {
+			alpha = true
+		} else if c >= '0' && c <= '9' {
+			num = true
+		}
+		if alpha && num {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func Contains(a []string, e string) bool {
+	for _, s := range a {
+		if s == e {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Allowed char: [a-z0-9]([a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?
+// Makes it safe as a subdomain
+func DomainForm(s string) string {
+	runes := make([]rune, len(s))
+	for i, r := range strings.ToLower(s) {
+		if (r >= '0' && r <= '9') || (r >= 'a' && r <= 'z') || (r == '-') || (r == '.') {
+			runes[i] = r
+		} else if r == '_' {
+			runes[i] = '-' // _ --> -
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Trim(string(runes), "-")
+}
+
+func Filter(s []string, f func(string) bool) []string {
+	ret := make([]string, 0)
+	for _, elm := range s {
+		if !f(elm) {
+			ret = append(ret, elm)
+		}
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
+func Join(a []*string, sep string) string {
+	b := make([]string, len(a))
+	for i, s := range a {
+		b[i] = *s
+	}
+	return strings.Join(b, sep)
+}
+
+func EqualSlice(a, b []string) bool {
+	if a == nil && b == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if a == nil || b == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Copy slices
+	aCopy := append([]string(nil), a...)
+	bCopy := append([]string(nil), b...)
+
+	sort.Strings(aCopy)
+	sort.Strings(bCopy)
+
+	for i := range aCopy {
+		if aCopy[i] != bCopy[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 30c0b45bd..b3d773501 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ gomodules.xyz/wait
 # gomodules.xyz/x v0.0.15
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 gomodules.xyz/x/arrays
+gomodules.xyz/x/strings
 gomodules.xyz/x/version
 # google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7
 ## explicit; go 1.11