diff --git a/mint.yml b/mint.yml
index 686169b..629caf0 100644
--- a/mint.yml
+++ b/mint.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,37 @@
         state: present
         method: system
 
+
+    - name: mint-config-update
+      blockinfile:
+        path: /etc/systemd/system/mint-config-update.service
+        create: yes
+        mode: 0444
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        marker: "# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK"
+        block: |
+          [Unit]
+          Description=Mint Upgrade Service
+          After=multi-user.target network.target network-online.target nss-lookup.target systemd-resolved docker.service sshd.service
+          Requires=multi-user.target network.target network-online.target nss-lookup.target systemd-resolved docker.service sshd.service
+          
+          [Service]
+          Type=simple
+          User=root
+          RemainAfterExit=true
+          ExecStart=bash "/usr/local/sbin/mint-config-update.sh"
+          ExecStop=bash -c "until ! test -e /run/mint-config-update.sh.lock; do sleep 2; done"
+          TimeoutStopSec=7200
+          
+        notify:
+      - Restart mint-config-update
+
+    - name: 'add mint-config-update to startup'
+      command: systemctl enable mint-config-update.service
+      args:
+        creates: /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mint-config-update.service
+
     - name: remove dhcpcd because NetworkManager is doing the job
       command: systemctl disable dhcpcd
       args:
@@ -111,20 +142,6 @@
         force: yes
         backup: yes
 
-    - name: /etc/cron.d/mint-config-update
-      blockinfile:
-        path: /etc/cron.d/mint-config-update
-        mode: "0444"
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        create: yes
-        marker: "# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK"
-        block: |
-          # run mint-config-update after each reboot
-          @reboot   root   tmux new-session -s mint-config-update -d "sleep 120 ; /usr/local/sbin/mint-config-update.sh"
-        backup: yes
-        validate: /bin/bash -n %s
-
     - name: mint-config-update startmenu
       ansible.builtin.get_url:
         url: https://gitea.ds9.dedyn.io/olli/linux-mint/raw/branch/main/mint-config-update.desktop
@@ -180,5 +197,10 @@
 
   handlers:
 
+    - name: Restart signal-cli
+      service:
+        name: signal-cli
+        state: restarted
+
     - name: update-grub
       ansible.builtin.shell: update-grub