diff --git a/contrib/systemd/forgejo.service b/contrib/systemd/forgejo.service
index ee019e11ea..36dc2a3a5b 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/forgejo.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/forgejo.service
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ After=network.target
 # Uncomment the next line if you have repos with lots of files and get a HTTP 500 error because of that
 # LimitNOFILE=524288:524288
 RestartSec=2s
-Type=simple
+Type=notify
 User=git
 Group=git
 WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/forgejo/