diff --git a/.version_history b/.version_history
index bd1ffbe..be8b65c 100644
--- a/.version_history
+++ b/.version_history
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@
 25a29c32,53ef8ad,main,2025-09-03T10:23:47Z,michael,git,lua-api
 25a29c32,eb64c39,main,2025-09-03T18:25:18Z,michael,git,lua-api
 25a29c32,38a1108,main,2025-09-03T20:13:08Z,michael,git,lua-api
-25a29c32,442b465,fix/systemd-type-forking,2025-09-05T15:02:31Z,michael,git,lua-api
diff --git a/deployment/linux/furt.service b/deployment/linux/furt.service
index f09104b..d4df3d1 100644
--- a/deployment/linux/furt.service
+++ b/deployment/linux/furt.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=furt Multi-Tenant API Gateway
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-Type=forking
+Type=simple
 User=furt
 Group=furt
 ExecStart=/usr/local/share/furt/scripts/start.sh start