diff --git a/debian-pkg/typesense-server/DEBIAN/postinst b/debian-pkg/typesense-server/DEBIAN/postinst
index a71c14c6..52c70f1d 100755
--- a/debian-pkg/typesense-server/DEBIAN/postinst
+++ b/debian-pkg/typesense-server/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 API_KEY=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 48 | head -n 1)
 sed -i "s/\$API_KEY/$API_KEY/g" /etc/typesense/typesense-server.ini
 
-systemctl stop typesense-server
 systemctl enable typesense-server
 systemctl daemon-reload
-systemctl start typesense-server
+systemctl start typesense-server
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