How can I use a nofail alternative with mergerfs?

[ghost]

Using mergerfs the computer refused to boot with the following error

[Failed] Failed to mount /mnt/storage
[Depend] Dependency failed for Local File Systems
You are in emergency mode. After logging in, type “journalctl -xb” to view system logs, “systemctl reboot” to reboot, “systemctl default” or “exit” to boot into default mode.
Root password for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue):

I added the nofail option and it boots up fine but now I can't mount the folder because I get

fuse: unknown option nofail

How can I use a nofail alternative with fuse? I'm looking for a way more specific than this.

The error was because the mount point wasn't empty. I may need nofail in the future to avoid this same error.

[trapexit]

Why not use nonempty if that's the concern?