diff --git a/imageroot/actions/configure-module/80start_services b/imageroot/actions/configure-module/80start_services
index 75522d9..93f081a 100755
--- a/imageroot/actions/configure-module/80start_services
+++ b/imageroot/actions/configure-module/80start_services
@@ -9,13 +9,3 @@
 
 systemctl --user enable piler.service
 systemctl --user restart piler.service
-
-# before to send the action add-relay-rule or aler-relay-rule we need to wait until the service is active
-# does not work as expected in systemd post startup
-for ((i = 0; i < 60; i++)); do
-    if podman exec piler-app /etc/init.d/rc.piler status | grep 'piler is running'; then
-        break
-    fi
-    echo "Waiting for piler-app to be active..."
-    sleep 1
-done
diff --git a/imageroot/systemd/user/piler-app.service b/imageroot/systemd/user/piler-app.service
index df4618e..8a1390e 100644
--- a/imageroot/systemd/user/piler-app.service
+++ b/imageroot/systemd/user/piler-app.service
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run --conmon-pidfile %t/piler-app.pid \
     --env PILER_HOSTNAME=${TRAEFIK_HOST} \
     --env MEMCACHED_HOST=127.0.0.1 \
     ${PILER_IMAGE}
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/bash -c "while ! podman exec piler-app /etc/init.d/rc.piler status | grep 'piler is running' ; do sleep 5 && echo "Wait after piler-app...." ; done"
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman stop --ignore --cidfile %t/piler-app.ctr-id -t 10
 ExecReload=/usr/local/bin/runagent expand-configuration
 ExecReload=/usr/bin/podman kill -s HUP piler-app