diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/prometheus/pve_exporter.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/prometheus/pve_exporter.pp
index bda15487..8f05b3a1 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/prometheus/pve_exporter.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/prometheus/pve_exporter.pp
@@ -1,49 +1,52 @@
 class profile::prometheus::pve_exporter {
   $user = lookup('prometheus::pve-exporter::user')
   $password = lookup('prometheus::pve-exporter::password')
 
   $config_dir = '/etc/pve-exporter'
   $config_file = "${config_dir}/pve-exporter.yml"
 
   $packages = ['python3-prometheus-pve-exporter'];
 
-  file { $config_dir:
-    ensure => present,
+  # template uses $user and $password
+
+  file {$config_dir:
+    ensure  => directory,
     owner   => 'root',
     group   => 'root',
     mode    => '0644',
   }
-
-  # template uses $user and $password
-
-  file { $config_file:
+  ~> file {$config_file:
     ensure  => present,
     owner   => 'root',
     group   => 'root',
     mode    => '0600',
     content => template('profile/pve-exporter/pve-exporter.yml.erb'),
   }
 
   package {$packages:
     ensure => 'present',
   }
 
   # template uses $config_file
 
   $service_name = 'prometheus-pve-exporter.service'
-  file {$service_name:
-    ensure => present,
-    mode   => '0755',
-    owner  => 'root',
-    group  => 'root',
+  ::systemd::unit_file {$service_name:
+    ensure  => present,
     content => template("profile/pve-exporter/${service_name}.erb"),
   }
+  ~> service {$service_name:
+    ensure  => 'running',
+    enable  => true,
+    require => [
+      Package[$packages]
+    ],
+  }
 
   $service_port = 9221  # default port for the prometheus pve exporter
   profile::prometheus::export_scrape_config {"pve-exporter_${::fqdn}":
     job          => 'pve-exporter',
     target       => "${::fqdn}:${service_port}",
     scheme       => 'http',
     metrics_path => 'pve?target=127.0.0.1',
   }
 }