diff --git a/minecraft-bedrock.service b/minecraft-bedrock.service
index 04b0ffa..a00c42e 100644
--- a/minecraft-bedrock.service
+++ b/minecraft-bedrock.service
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Wants=network-online.target
 StartLimitIntervalSec=0
 
 [Service]
-Type=simple
+# screen detaches from the invoking process, so let systemd know the service
+# will fork and manage the resulting screen session.
+Type=forking
 User=minecraft
 Group=minecraft
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/minecraft-bedrock