diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/security/munge.nix b/nixos/modules/services/security/munge.nix
index 4d6fe33f697b..9d306c205f94 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/security/munge.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/security/munge.nix
@@ -45,19 +45,25 @@ in
 
     systemd.services.munged = {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      wants = [
+        "network-online.target"
+        "time-sync.target"
+      ];
+      after = [
+        "network-online.target"
+        "time-sync.target"
+      ];
 
       path = [ pkgs.munge pkgs.coreutils ];
 
       serviceConfig = {
         ExecStartPre = "+${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod 0400 ${cfg.password}";
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.munge}/bin/munged --syslog --key-file ${cfg.password}";
-        PIDFile = "/run/munge/munged.pid";
-        ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.munge}/bin/munged --foreground --key-file ${cfg.password}";
         User = "munge";
         Group = "munge";
         StateDirectory = "munge";
         StateDirectoryMode = "0711";
+        Restart = "on-failure";
         RuntimeDirectory = "munge";
       };