diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/couchdb.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/couchdb.nix
index 5ddf8ba4bfb..77e404116c8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/couchdb.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/couchdb.nix
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ in {
 
     systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
       "d '${dirOf cfg.uriFile}' - ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} - -"
-      "d '${dirOf cfg.logFile}' - ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} - -"
+      "f '${cfg.logFile}' - ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} - -"
       "d '${cfg.databaseDir}' -  ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} - -"
       "d '${cfg.viewIndexDir}' -  ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} - -"
     ];
@@ -169,11 +169,9 @@ in {
       description = "CouchDB Server";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
 
-      preStart =
-        ''
+      preStart = ''
         touch ${cfg.configFile}
-        touch -a ${cfg.logFile}
-        '';
+      '';
 
       environment = mkIf useVersion2 {
         # we are actually specifying 4 configuration files:
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 25dd9f3f428..feb9e1cdfd3 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ in
   containers-physical_interfaces = handleTest ./containers-physical_interfaces.nix {};
   containers-restart_networking = handleTest ./containers-restart_networking.nix {};
   containers-tmpfs = handleTest ./containers-tmpfs.nix {};
-  #couchdb = handleTest ./couchdb.nix {}; # spidermonkey-1.8.5 is marked as broken
+  couchdb = handleTest ./couchdb.nix {};
   deluge = handleTest ./deluge.nix {};
   dhparams = handleTest ./dhparams.nix {};
   dnscrypt-proxy = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./dnscrypt-proxy.nix {};