# witcheer's Wingtips #16: gateway won't restart after a reboot? enable lingering

Written by [witcheer](https://x.com/witcheer) at Nous Research. Republished with credit.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/wingtips/16  
Published: 2026-07-08  
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Hermes Wingtips #16: gateway won't restart after a reboot? enable lingering

a user-service gateway runs under your login, so it stops at logout and won't come back after a reboot until you enable lingering.

headless VPS, zero root per restart:

```
hermes gateway install
sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER
```

or go boot-level: `sudo hermes gateway install --system`