diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-syncthing b/src/freedombone-app-syncthing
index ac806e82..2cb1629e 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-syncthing
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-syncthing
@@ -280,12 +280,10 @@ function mesh_install_syncthing {
 	chroot "$rootdir" echo '' >> /etc/systemd/system/syncthing.service
 	chroot "$rootdir" echo '[Install]' >> /etc/systemd/system/syncthing.service
 	chroot "$rootdir" echo 'WantedBy=multi-user.target' >> /etc/systemd/system/syncthing.service
-	chroot "$rootdir" systemctl enable syncthing
-	chroot "$rootdir" systemctl daemon-reload
+	# Note: don't enable the daemon
 
 	if ! grep -q "syncthing" $rootdir/etc/crontab; then
-		chroot "$rootdir" echo "*/1            * *   *   *   root /usr/local/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}-syncthing > /dev/null" >> /etc/crontab
-		chroot "$rootdir" systemctl restart cron
+		echo "*/1            * *   *   *   root /usr/local/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}-syncthing > /dev/null" >> $rootdir/etc/crontab
 	fi
 
 	echo 'mesh_install_syncthing'