diff --git a/src/teams_bot/pyinfra.py b/src/teams_bot/pyinfra.py
index 30a0305..61497aa 100644
--- a/src/teams_bot/pyinfra.py
+++ b/src/teams_bot/pyinfra.py
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ def deploy_teams_bot(
         unix_user=unix_user,
         bot_email=bot_email,
     )
+
+    server.shell(
+        name=f"enable {unix_user}'s systemd units to auto-start at boot",
+        commands=[f"loginctl enable-linger {unix_user}"],
+    )
+
     systemd.daemon_reload(
         name=f"{unix_user}: load teams-bot systemd service",
         user_name=unix_user,