diff --git a/modules/panoptikon.nix b/modules/panoptikon.nix
index 5c5ed5d..299287e 100644
--- a/modules/panoptikon.nix
+++ b/modules/panoptikon.nix
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
               Group = "panoptikon";
               WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/panoptikon";
               Restart = "on-failure";
+              StartLimitBurst = 5;
+              RestartSec = 30;
             };
             script = ''
               ${pkgs.git}/bin/git init --quiet