diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install-service.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install-service.sh
index 6c69666a1..7fb98820e 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install-service.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install-service.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ RuntimeDirectory=lightningd
 
 User=bitcoin
 Group=bitcoin
-Type=forking
+# Type=forking hangs on restart
+Type=simple
 PIDFile=/run/lightningd/${netprefix}lightningd.pid
 Restart=on-failure