diff --git a/lib/process/index.js b/lib/process/index.js
index 7b3c5f5f4..9a25dd23a 100644
--- a/lib/process/index.js
+++ b/lib/process/index.js
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ module.exports = BaseProcess = CoreObject.extend({
         // base implementation - does nothing
     },
 
-    error: function error() {
-        // base implementation - does nothing
+    error: function error(error) {
+        // To make sure errors get output if there's no error
+        // implementation, we throw the error here.
+        throw error;
     },
 
     setup: function setup() {
diff --git a/lib/process/systemd/ghost.service.template b/lib/process/systemd/ghost.service.template
index f0e944075..72feb13aa 100644
--- a/lib/process/systemd/ghost.service.template
+++ b/lib/process/systemd/ghost.service.template
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ Description=Ghost systemd service for blog: <%= name %>
 # Documentation=add documentation link here
 
 [Service]
-Type=notify
-NotifyAccess=all
+Type=simple
 WorkingDirectory=<%= dir %>
 User=<%= user %>
 Environment="NODE_ENV=<%= environment %>"
 ExecStart=<%= ghost_exec_path %> run
-Restart=on-failure
+Restart=always
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/lib/process/systemd/index.js b/lib/process/systemd/index.js
index de90b7994..472451cf5 100644
--- a/lib/process/systemd/index.js
+++ b/lib/process/systemd/index.js
@@ -51,11 +51,5 @@ module.exports = BaseProcess.extend({
         execSync('systemctl stop ' + this.service, {
             stdio: ['inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit']
         });
-    },
-
-    success: function success() {
-        // This seems to work better than execSync, probably because it's
-        // asynchronous and thus doesn't interfere with the event loop
-        require('child_process').exec('systemd-notify --ready');
     }
 });