diff --git a/setup/stop.sh b/setup/stop.sh
index dbea8927f..120804d5a 100755
--- a/setup/stop.sh
+++ b/setup/stop.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 
 echo "Stopping cloudron"
 
-# we do not wait until all services stop, so we can still respond to the retire request
-systemctl stop --no-block cloudron.target
+systemctl stop cloudron.target