diff --git a/systemd/service-update-alerts.service b/systemd/service-update-alerts.service
index 750cb4e..97f0ec6 100644
--- a/systemd/service-update-alerts.service
+++ b/systemd/service-update-alerts.service
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Check hosted services for updates
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 WorkingDirectory=%h/Projects/service-update-alerts
+ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c 'for i in $(seq 1 30); do getent hosts api.github.com >/dev/null 2>&1 && exit 0; sleep 2; done; exit 1'
 ExecStart=%h/Projects/service-update-alerts/.venv/bin/python -m update_monitor --services %h/Projects/service-update-alerts/services --auto-update --classify-timeout 300 --script-timeout 300