diff --git a/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix b/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
index c6ae8220626..a9880dee20c 100644
--- a/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
+++ b/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ in {
       description = "Music Player Daemon";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       path = [ pkgs.mpd ];
-      script = "mpd --no-daemon ${mpdConf}";
       preStart = "mkdir -p ${cfg.dataDir} && chown -R mpd:mpd  ${cfg.dataDir}";
+      script = "exec mpd --no-daemon ${mpdConf}";
     };
 
     users.extraUsers.mpd = {