diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
index 7bcb32511..95c8e905f 100755
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ unbound-anchor -a /var/lib/unbound/root.key
 log "Adding systemd services"
 cp -r "${script_dir}/start/systemd/." /etc/systemd/system/
 [[ "${ubuntu_version}" == "16.04" ]] && sed -e 's/MemoryMax/MemoryLimit/g' -i /etc/systemd/system/box.service
+[[ "${ubuntu_version}" == "16.04" ]] && sed -e 's/Type=notify/Type=simple/g' -i /etc/systemd/system/unbound.service
 systemctl daemon-reload
 systemctl enable --now cloudron-syslog
 systemctl enable unbound
diff --git a/setup/start/systemd/unbound.service b/setup/start/systemd/unbound.service
index db5147e0a..ddc647a3c 100644
--- a/setup/start/systemd/unbound.service
+++ b/setup/start/systemd/unbound.service
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PIDFile=/run/unbound.pid
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/unbound -d
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 Restart=always
+# On ubuntu 16, this doesn't work for some reason
 Type=notify
 
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