diff --git a/seednode/haveno-seednode.service b/seednode/haveno-seednode.service
index 7551c54fea7..cb4fce48396 100644
--- a/seednode/haveno-seednode.service
+++ b/seednode/haveno-seednode.service
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ SyslogIdentifier=Haveno-Seednode
 
 # $PATH is a placeholder
 ExecStart=/bin/sh $PATH/haveno-seednode --baseCurrencyNetwork=XMR_STAGENET\
-  --useLocalhostForP2P=false\
-  --useDevPrivilegeKeys=false\
-  --nodePort=2002\
-  --appName=haveno-XMR_STAGENET_Seed_2002
+  --useLocalhostForP2P=false \
+  --useDevPrivilegeKeys=false \
+  --nodePort=2002 \
+  --appName=haveno-XMR_STAGENET_Seed_2002 \
+  --maxConnections=20 \
 
-ExecStop=/bin/kill ${MAINPID}
+ExecStop=/bin/kill ${MAINPID} ; sleep 5
 Restart=always
 
 # Hardening