diff --git a/build/package/nix/tgstation-server.nix b/build/package/nix/tgstation-server.nix
index 6079ea037f..3b44da3309 100644
--- a/build/package/nix/tgstation-server.nix
+++ b/build/package/nix/tgstation-server.nix
@@ -162,8 +162,9 @@ in
       ];
       restartIfChanged = false; # So that the TGS service doesn't just get restarted whenever it's updated, and boots players
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
       after = [
-        "network.target"
+        "network-online.target"
         "mysql.service"
         "mariadb.service"
         "postgresql.service"
diff --git a/build/tgstation-server.service b/build/tgstation-server.service
index 44ce74fe2e..02528a8433 100644
--- a/build/tgstation-server.service
+++ b/build/tgstation-server.service
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=tgstation-server
-After=network.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
 After=mysql.service
 After=mariadb.service
 After=postgresql.service