diff --git a/pymobiledevice3/cli/activation.py b/pymobiledevice3/cli/activation.py
index c09827cb..1557c6e0 100644
--- a/pymobiledevice3/cli/activation.py
+++ b/pymobiledevice3/cli/activation.py
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ def state(lockdown):
 
 @activation.command(cls=Command)
 @click.option('--offline', is_flag=True, help='Allow to send and receive requests manually')
-def activate(lockdown, offline):
+@click.option('--now', is_flag=True, help='when --offline is used, dont wait for next nonce cycle')
+def activate(lockdown, offline, now):
     """ Activate device """
-    MobileActivationService(lockdown, offline).activate()
+    MobileActivationService(lockdown, offline, now).activate()
 
 
 @activation.command(cls=Command)
diff --git a/pymobiledevice3/restore/tss.py b/pymobiledevice3/restore/tss.py
index e843c5f5..a9d18f34 100644
--- a/pymobiledevice3/restore/tss.py
+++ b/pymobiledevice3/restore/tss.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from pymobiledevice3.restore.img4 import img4_get_component_tag
 
 TSS_CLIENT_VERSION_STRING = 'libauthinstall-776.60.1'
-TICKETS_SUBDIR = Path('tickets')
+TICKETS_SUBDIR = Path('offline_requests')
 
 OFFLINE_REQUEST_SCRIPT = """#!/bin/sh
 curl -d "@{request}" -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' -H 'Content-type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"' -H 'User-Agent: InetURL/1.0' -H 'Expect: ' 'http://gs.apple.com/TSS/controller?action=2' | tee {response} 
diff --git a/pymobiledevice3/services/mobile_activation.py b/pymobiledevice3/services/mobile_activation.py
index 7d913766..cc2f7da3 100755
--- a/pymobiledevice3/services/mobile_activation.py
+++ b/pymobiledevice3/services/mobile_activation.py
@@ -20,17 +20,18 @@
     'Expect': '100-continue',
 }
 
-ACTIVATION_REQUESTS_SUBDIR = Path('activation')
+ACTIVATION_REQUESTS_SUBDIR = Path('offline_requests')
 NONCE_CYCLE_INTERVAL = 60 * 5
 
 
 class MobileActivationService:
     SERVICE_NAME = 'com.apple.mobileactivationd'
 
-    def __init__(self, lockdown: LockdownClient, offline=True):
+    def __init__(self, lockdown: LockdownClient, offline=True, now=False):
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.lockdown = lockdown
         self.offline = offline
+        self._now = now
         self._offline_start = 0
         self._offline_end = 0
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ def state(self):
     def activate(self):
         blob = self.create_activation_session_info()
 
-        if self.offline:
+        if self.offline and not self._now:
             self.logger.info('waiting for the next 5 minutes cycle')
 
             handshake_request_message = blob['HandshakeRequestMessage']
@@ -123,13 +124,15 @@ def post(self, url, data, headers=None):
         request.chmod(0o755)
 
         self.logger.info(f'Run the following shell script ({request.name})')
+
         # Check for plist response.
-        pb = tqdm.tqdm(total=int(self._offline_end - self._offline_start), desc='Time Left')
-        pb.update(int(time.time() - self._offline_start))
-        while not response.exists() or b'</plist>' not in response.read_bytes():
-            time.sleep(1)
-            pb.update(1)
-        pb.close()
+        if not self._now:
+            pb = tqdm.tqdm(total=int(self._offline_end - self._offline_start), desc='Time Left')
+            pb.update(int(time.time() - self._offline_start))
+            while not response.exists() or b'</plist>' not in response.read_bytes():
+                time.sleep(1)
+                pb.update(1)
+            pb.close()
 
         # Check for headers.
         while not headers.exists() or ': ' not in headers.read_text():