diff --git a/site-modules/profile/templates/phabricator/phabricator-phd.service.erb b/site-modules/profile/templates/phabricator/phabricator-phd.service.erb
index 26ca0c52..5b8f222c 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/templates/phabricator/phabricator-phd.service.erb
+++ b/site-modules/profile/templates/phabricator/phabricator-phd.service.erb
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 # Phabricator Daemon unit file
 # Managed by puppet class profile::phabricator
 # Changes will be overwritten
 
 [Unit]
 Description=Phabricator Daemons
 Requires=network.target mysql.service apache2.service
 After=network.target mysql.service apache2.service
 
 [Service]
 User=<%= @phabricator_user %>
 Group=<%= @phabricator_user %>
-Type=oneshot
+Type=forking
 Environment="PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
 ExecStart=<%= @phabricator_basepath -%>/phabricator/bin/phd start
 ExecStop=<%= @phabricator_basepath -%>/phabricator/bin/phd stop
-RemainAfterExit=yes
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=5s
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target