diff --git a/garage.nix b/garage.nix
index a8aa247d..61d729a9 100644
--- a/garage.nix
+++ b/garage.nix
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ in {
     systemd.services.ensure-garage = {
       after = [ "garage.service" ];
       wantedBy = [ "garage.service" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+      };
       path = [ cfg.package pkgs.perl pkgs.awscli ];
       script = ''
         set -xeuo pipefail