diff --git a/util/koji-sweep-db.service b/util/koji-sweep-db.service
index fb492a86..b32bbc8a 100644
--- a/util/koji-sweep-db.service
+++ b/util/koji-sweep-db.service
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ Description=Daily maintenance script for koji db
 Documentation=https://pagure.io/docs/koji/
 
 [Service]
-Type=simple
+Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/koji-sweep-db