diff --git a/debian/crowdsec.service b/debian/crowdsec.service
index 8743a03bc..b65558f70 100644
--- a/debian/crowdsec.service
+++ b/debian/crowdsec.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=syslog.target network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
 [Service]
 Type=notify
 Environment=LC_ALL=C LANG=C
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/crowdsec -c /etc/crowdsec/config.yaml -t
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/crowdsec -c /etc/crowdsec/config.yaml -t -error
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/crowdsec -c /etc/crowdsec/config.yaml
 #ExecStartPost=/bin/sleep 0.1
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
diff --git a/rpm/SOURCES/crowdsec.unit.patch b/rpm/SOURCES/crowdsec.unit.patch
index b3c9b35fd..af9fe5c31 100644
--- a/rpm/SOURCES/crowdsec.unit.patch
+++ b/rpm/SOURCES/crowdsec.unit.patch
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  [Service]
  Type=notify
  Environment=LC_ALL=C LANG=C
--ExecStartPre=/usr/local/bin/crowdsec -c /etc/crowdsec/config.yaml -t
+-ExecStartPre=/usr/local/bin/crowdsec -c /etc/crowdsec/config.yaml -t -error
 -ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/crowdsec -c /etc/crowdsec/config.yaml
-+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/crowdsec -c /etc/crowdsec/config.yaml -t
++ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/crowdsec -c /etc/crowdsec/config.yaml -t -error
 +ExecStart=/usr/bin/crowdsec -c /etc/crowdsec/config.yaml
  #ExecStartPost=/bin/sleep 0.1
  ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID