diff --git a/seednode/haveno-seednode.service b/seednode/haveno-seednode.service
index 5bbae8336f..131e49e8d6 100644
--- a/seednode/haveno-seednode.service
+++ b/seednode/haveno-seednode.service
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ExecStart=/bin/sh $PATH/haveno-seednode --baseCurrencyNetwork=XMR_STAGENET\
   --appName=haveno-XMR_STAGENET_Seed_2002
   --xmrNode=[::1]:38088
 
-ExecStop=/bin/kill ${MAINPID}
+ExecStop=/bin/kill ${MAINPID} ; sleep 5
 Restart=always
 
 # Hardening