diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
index 9f1be5a82904..6abd6dfb306b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ in
       description = "Apache Tomcat server";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       after = [ "network-interfaces.target" ];
-      serviceConfig.Type = "daemon";
+      serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
+      serviceConfig.RemainAfterExit = true;
 
       preStart = ''
         # Create the base directory