diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/mtail/mtail.service.j2 b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/mtail/mtail.service.j2
index 42fcaac3..981546ab 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/mtail/mtail.service.j2
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/mtail/mtail.service.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=mtail
+After=multi-user.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple