diff --git a/src/debian/aprsc.service b/src/debian/aprsc.service
index a4b8fd0..38e7f4d 100644
--- a/src/debian/aprsc.service
+++ b/src/debian/aprsc.service
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ExecStartPre=/opt/aprsc/sbin/aprsc-prepare-chroot.sh
 ExecStart=/opt/aprsc/sbin/aprsc -u aprsc -t /opt/aprsc -e info -o file -r logs -c etc/aprsc.conf
 PIDFile=/opt/aprsc/logs/aprsc.pid
 TimeoutStopSec=5
+RestartSec=5
 Restart=always
 User=root
 Group=root
diff --git a/src/debian/aprsc@.service b/src/debian/aprsc@.service
index 1d6c730..1e5890a 100644
--- a/src/debian/aprsc@.service
+++ b/src/debian/aprsc@.service
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ExecStartPre=/opt/aprsc/sbin/aprsc-prepare-chroot.sh
 ExecStart=/opt/aprsc/sbin/aprsc -n aprsc-%i -u aprsc -t /opt/aprsc -e info -o file -r logs -c etc/aprsc-%i.conf
 PIDFile=/opt/aprsc/logs/aprsc-%i.pid
 TimeoutStopSec=5
+RestartSec=5
 Restart=always
 User=root
 Group=root