diff --git a/contrib/vdirsyncer.service b/contrib/vdirsyncer.service
index b69d5a6..ac5c45c 100644
--- a/contrib/vdirsyncer.service
+++ b/contrib/vdirsyncer.service
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ Documentation=https://vdirsyncer.readthedocs.org/
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vdirsyncer sync
-Type=oneshot
+RuntimeMaxSec=30s
+Restart=on-failure