diff --git a/lbrycrd.service b/lbrycrd.service
index fb2ecdc1b2ac42971c5103f058cebd7f4876c0d0..9631b2c4078f938c84e60afca7e2a6c8f20293da 100644
--- a/lbrycrd.service
+++ b/lbrycrd.service
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ Description=LBRY Core daemon
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/lbrycrdd -daemon \
-                            -pid=/run/lbrycrd/lbrycrd.pid \
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/lbrycrdd -pid=/run/lbrycrd/lbrycrd.pid \
                             -conf=/etc/lbry/lbryd.conf \
                             -datadir=/var/lib/lbrycrd