diff --git a/init/clustercockpit.service b/init/clustercockpit.service
index b4ed8bfa..3c977e34 100644
--- a/init/clustercockpit.service
+++ b/init/clustercockpit.service
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ NotifyAccess=all
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=30
 TimeoutStopSec=100
-ExecStart=/opt/monitoring/cc-backend/cc-backend --config ./config.json
+ExecStart=/opt/monitoring/cc-backend/cc-backend --config ./config.json --server
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target