diff --git a/roles/mgrote_docker_housekeeping/templates/docker_housekeeping.service.j2 b/roles/mgrote_docker_housekeeping/templates/docker_housekeeping.service.j2
index c01d7dc2..bf2424b4 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_docker_housekeeping/templates/docker_housekeeping.service.j2
+++ b/roles/mgrote_docker_housekeeping/templates/docker_housekeeping.service.j2
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 Description=docker housekeeping tasks
 
 [Service]
-Type=oneshot
+Type=simple
 ExecStart=/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/docker system prune --force --filter "until=24h" --all && /usr/bin/docker buildx prune --force --filter "until=24h"'
 # https://docs.docker.com/config/pruning