diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a2c0e9b67..d6c650bc8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "monitor_cli"
-version = "0.1.12"
+version = "0.1.13"
 dependencies = [
  "async_timing_util",
  "clap",
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 4fe354b0f..de14610ab 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "monitor_cli"
-version = "0.1.12"
+version = "0.1.13"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["MoghTech"]
 description = "monitor cli | tools to setup monitor system"
diff --git a/cli/src/helpers.rs b/cli/src/helpers.rs
index 9f4858cc9..92cdfe320 100644
--- a/cli/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/cli/src/helpers.rs
@@ -381,8 +381,10 @@ pub fn start_periphery_systemd(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {
 
     gen_periphery_service_file(&config_path);
 
+    let user = env::var("USER").expect("failed to find $USER env var");
+
     let command =
-        format!("systemctl --user daemon-reload && systemctl --user enable --now periphery");
+        format!("systemctl --user daemon-reload && systemctl --user enable --now periphery && loginctl enable-linger {user}");
 
     let output = run_command_pipe_to_terminal(&command);