diff --git a/roles/scanservjs/tasks/main.yml b/roles/scanservjs/tasks/main.yml
index 160cf8d..827faa8 100644
--- a/roles/scanservjs/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/scanservjs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
     group: scanserv
     shell: /sbin/nologin
 
+- name: Enable user lingering
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    argv:
+      - loginctl
+      - enable-linger
+      - scanserv
+    creates: /var/lib/systemd/linger/scanserv
+
 - name: Create service file
   ansible.builtin.template:
     dest: /etc/systemd/system/scanservjs-container.service