diff --git a/client/innernet@.service b/client/innernet@.service
index 5c88c30..ea50d21 100644
--- a/client/innernet@.service
+++ b/client/innernet@.service
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ PartOf=innernet.target
 Type=simple
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/innernet up %i --daemon --interval 60
 Restart=always
+# When the daemon exits, wait this amount of secs before restarting. Used to prevent StartLimitBurst
+# (5 by default) restarts happening within StartLimitIntervalSec (10 by default) after which systemd
+# would refrain from restarting innernet anymore.
+RestartSec=10
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/server/innernet-server@.service b/server/innernet-server@.service
index d4b3a6d..5c3a457 100644
--- a/server/innernet-server@.service
+++ b/server/innernet-server@.service
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Type=simple
 Environment="RUST_LOG=info"
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/innernet-server serve %i
 Restart=always
+# When the daemon exits, wait this amount of secs before restarting instead of default 100ms.
+RestartSec=1
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target