diff --git a/makefu/2configs/audio/jack-on-pulse.nix b/makefu/2configs/audio/jack-on-pulse.nix
index 09d03ea9f..49b61d5a2 100644
--- a/makefu/2configs/audio/jack-on-pulse.nix
+++ b/makefu/2configs/audio/jack-on-pulse.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 let
   pulse = pkgs.pulseaudioFull;
   user = config.makefu.gui.user;
+  wait_time = 30;
 in
 {
   sound.enable = true;
@@ -13,16 +14,17 @@ in
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ jack2Full ];
   # from http://anderspapitto.com/posts/2015-11-26-overtone-on-nixos-with-jack-and-pulseaudio.html
 
-  systemd.services = {
+  systemd.user.services = {
     jackdbus = {
       description = "Runs jack, and points pulseaudio at it";
       serviceConfig = {
-        User = user;
         Type = "oneshot";
         ExecStart = pkgs.writeScript "start_jack.sh" ''
           #! ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
           . ${config.system.build.setEnvironment}
-          sleep 5 # wait for the gui to load
+
+          # TODO: correctly wait for pulseaudio, cannot use pulseaudio.service
+          sleep ${toString wait_time} # wait for the gui to load
 
           ${pkgs.jack2Full}/bin/jack_control start
           sleep 3 # give some time for sources/sinks to be created
@@ -37,9 +39,11 @@ in
           ${pkgs.jack2Full}/bin/jack_control stop
         '';
         RemainAfterExit = true;
+        Restart = "always";
+        RestartSec = "5";
       };
-      after = [ "display-manager.service" "sound.target" ];
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      # after = [ "display-manager.service" "sound.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
     };
   };
 }