diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-ipfs b/src/freedombone-app-ipfs
index ebd65dc7..84ab8b0e 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-ipfs
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-ipfs
@@ -451,11 +451,14 @@ function mesh_install_ipfs_go {
 
     echo '[Unit]' > $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
     echo 'Description=IPFS go daemon' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
+    echo 'After=syslog.target' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
+    echo 'After=network.target' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
     echo '' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
     echo '[Service]' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
+    echo 'Type=simple' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
     echo "ExecStart=$IPFS_PATH/ipfs daemon" >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
     echo 'Restart=on-failure' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
-    echo 'RestartSec=10' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
+    echo 'RestartSec=60' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
     echo '' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
     echo '[Install]' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
     echo 'WantedBy=default.target' >> $IPFS_USER_DAEMON
@@ -539,7 +542,7 @@ function install_ipfs_go {
     fi
 
     # initialise
-    chmod +x $IPFS_PATH/ipfs
+    chmod 755 $IPFS_PATH/ipfs
     su -c "$IPFS_PATH/ipfs init -b 2048" - $MY_USERNAME
     if [ ! -d /home/$MY_USERNAME/.ipfs ]; then
         echo "IPFS could not be initialised for user $MY_USERNAME"
diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-mesh b/src/freedombone-image-mesh
index 9ba5ffea..a91722e5 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-mesh
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-mesh
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ function setup_ipfs {
     IPFS_COMMAND=$IPFS_PATH/ipfs
     IPFS_PUBLIC=/home/$MY_USERNAME/.ipfs-public
 
+    chmod 755 $IPFS_COMMAND
     su -c "systemctl --user enable ipfs" - $MY_USERNAME
 
     if [ -f $CURRENT_BLOG_INDEX ]; then
@@ -1033,7 +1034,7 @@ function setup_ipfs {
         shred -zu /home/$MY_USERNAME/.ipfs-public
     fi
 
-    chmod +x $IPFS_COMMAND
+    chmod 755 $IPFS_COMMAND
     su -c "$IPFS_COMMAND init -b $IPFS_KEY_LENGTH" - $MY_USERNAME
     if [ ! -d /home/$MY_USERNAME/.ipfs ]; then
         echo "IPFS could not be initialised for user $MY_USERNAME" >> $INSTALL_LOG