diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 719d659..7a29c6b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
  */
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Error, Result};
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use tokio::fs::File;
+use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 use tokio::signal::unix::{signal, SignalKind};
 use tokio::task::JoinSet;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
@@ -76,6 +78,12 @@ pub fn path<S: AsRef<str>>(path: S) -> PathBuf {
         .join(path.as_ref().trim_start_matches('/'))
 }
 
+pub async fn write_synced<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut file = File::create(path.as_ref()).await?;
+    file.write_all(bytes).await?;
+    Ok(file.sync_data().await?)
+}
+
 pub fn read_comm(pid: u32) -> Result<String> {
     let comm = std::fs::read_to_string(path(format!("/proc/{}/comm", pid)))?;
     Ok(comm.trim_end().to_string())
diff --git a/src/power.rs b/src/power.rs
index dcbce6b..6bb6019 100644
--- a/src/power.rs
+++ b/src/power.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use tokio::fs::{self, File};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader};
 use tracing::error;
 
-use crate::path;
+use crate::{path, write_synced};
 
 const GPU_HWMON_PREFIX: &str = "/sys/class/drm/card0/device/hwmon";
 
@@ -84,17 +84,10 @@ pub async fn get_gpu_performance_level() -> Result<GPUPerformanceLevel> {
 }
 
 pub async fn set_gpu_performance_level(level: GPUPerformanceLevel) -> Result<()> {
-    let mut myfile = File::create(path(GPU_PERFORMANCE_LEVEL_PATH))
-        .await
-        .inspect_err(|message| error!("Error opening sysfs file for writing: {message}"))?;
-
     let level: String = level.to_string();
-
-    myfile
-        .write_all(level.as_bytes())
+    write_synced(path(GPU_PERFORMANCE_LEVEL_PATH), level.as_bytes())
         .await
-        .inspect_err(|message| error!("Error writing to sysfs file: {message}"))?;
-    Ok(())
+        .inspect_err(|message| error!("Error writing to sysfs file: {message}"))
 }
 
 pub async fn set_gpu_clocks(clocks: u32) -> Result<()> {
@@ -111,17 +104,21 @@ pub async fn set_gpu_clocks(clocks: u32) -> Result<()> {
         .write(data.as_bytes())
         .await
         .inspect_err(|message| error!("Error writing to sysfs file: {message}"))?;
+    myfile.flush().await?;
 
     let data = format!("s 1 {clocks}\n");
     myfile
         .write(data.as_bytes())
         .await
         .inspect_err(|message| error!("Error writing to sysfs file: {message}"))?;
+    myfile.flush().await?;
 
     myfile
         .write("c\n".as_bytes())
         .await
         .inspect_err(|message| error!("Error writing to sysfs file: {message}"))?;
+    myfile.flush().await?;
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -181,21 +178,18 @@ pub async fn set_tdp_limit(limit: u32) -> Result<()> {
     let data = format!("{limit}000000");
 
     let base = find_hwmon().await?;
-    let mut power1file = File::create(base.join(TDP_LIMIT1))
+    write_synced(base.join(TDP_LIMIT1), data.as_bytes())
         .await
         .inspect_err(|message| {
             error!("Error opening sysfs power1_cap file for writing TDP limits {message}")
         })?;
-    power1file
-        .write(data.as_bytes())
-        .await
-        .inspect_err(|message| error!("Error writing to power1_cap file: {message}"))?;
 
     if let Ok(mut power2file) = File::create(base.join(TDP_LIMIT2)).await {
         power2file
             .write(data.as_bytes())
             .await
             .inspect_err(|message| error!("Error writing to power2_cap file: {message}"))?;
+        power2file.flush().await?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }