diff --git a/playbooks/filesystem/common/etc/systemd/system/connect-pod-service@.service b/playbooks/filesystem/common/etc/systemd/system/connect-pod-service@.service
index 135873b..675f019 100644
--- a/playbooks/filesystem/common/etc/systemd/system/connect-pod-service@.service
+++ b/playbooks/filesystem/common/etc/systemd/system/connect-pod-service@.service
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/sh -c '/usr/sbin/ifdown --ignore-errors veth-%i || /usr/bin/true ; /usr/sbin/ifup veth-%i'
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/sbin/ifdown --ignore-errors veth-%i
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ifup veth-%i