diff --git a/src/scripts/starttask.sh b/src/scripts/starttask.sh
index 5125b1a47..87120589a 100755
--- a/src/scripts/starttask.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/starttask.sh
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ options="-p TimeoutStopSec=10s -p MemoryMax=${memory_limit_mb}M -p OOMScoreAdjus
 # For this reason, we have code to kill the tasks both on shutdown and startup.
 [[ "$BOX_ENV" == "cloudron" ]] && options="${options} -p BindsTo=box.service"
 
-# DEBUG has to be hardcoded because it is not set in the tests. --setenv is required for ubuntu 16 (-E does not work)
+# systemd-run is used to create resource limited tasks. the tasks are in separate cgroup and won't get affected by box start/stop
 # it seems systemd-run does not return the exit status of the process despite --wait
-if ! systemd-run --unit "${service_name}" --nice "${nice}" --uid=${id} --gid=${id} ${options} --setenv HOME=${HOME} --setenv USER=${SUDO_USER} --setenv DEBUG=box:* --setenv BOX_ENV=${BOX_ENV} --setenv NODE_ENV=production "${task_worker}" "${task_id}" "${logfile}"; then
+if ! systemd-run --unit "${service_name}" --nice "${nice}" --uid=${id} --gid=${id} ${options} --setenv HOME=${HOME} --setenv USER=${SUDO_USER} \
+    --setenv DEBUG=box:* --setenv BOX_ENV=${BOX_ENV} --setenv NODE_ENV=production "${task_worker}" "${task_id}" "${logfile}"; then
     echo "Service ${service_name} failed to run" # this only happens if the path to task worker itself is wrong
 fi