diff --git a/infra/services/nginx/nginx.service b/infra/services/nginx/nginx.service
index 958bb6e06a..e14e7840da 100644
--- a/infra/services/nginx/nginx.service
+++ b/infra/services/nginx/nginx.service
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 Documentation=https://www.docker.com/blog/how-to-use-the-official-nginx-docker-image/
 Requires=docker.service
 After=docker.service
-Requires=nginx.service
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/server/scripts/deploy/museum.nginx.service b/server/scripts/deploy/museum.nginx.service
index 566c6c0486..3a8b0b653e 100644
--- a/server/scripts/deploy/museum.nginx.service
+++ b/server/scripts/deploy/museum.nginx.service
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Documentation=https://github.com/ente-io/ente/tree/main/server#readme
 Requires=docker.service
 After=docker.service
 Requires=nginx.service
+After=nginx.service
 
 [Service]
 Restart=on-failure