diff --git a/package/czechlight-rauc/enable-hw-watchdog.service b/package/czechlight-rauc/enable-hw-watchdog.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Pinging the HW watchdog
+Requires=multi-user.target
+After=multi-user.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '[ "$(/bin/systemctl list-units --failed --all --no-legend --no-pager)" == "" ]'
+ExecStart=/bin/busctl set-property org.freedesktop.systemd1 /org/freedesktop/systemd1 org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager RuntimeWatchdogUSec t 30000000