diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/podman-systemd-general.md b/docs/gettingstarted/podman-systemd-general.md
index 99e4f85..2158c35 100644
--- a/docs/gettingstarted/podman-systemd-general.md
+++ b/docs/gettingstarted/podman-systemd-general.md
@@ -70,14 +70,8 @@ Environment="SC4S_LOCAL_CONFIG_MOUNT=-v /opt/sc4s/local:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/conf.
 TimeoutStartSec=0
 Restart=always
 
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pull $SC4S_IMAGE
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/systemctl set-environment SC4SHOST=$(hostname -s)"
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman run \
-        --env-file=/opt/sc4s/env_file \
-        "$SC4S_LOCAL_CONFIG_MOUNT" \
-        --name SC4S_preflight \
-        --rm $SC4S_IMAGE -s
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run -p 514:514 -p 514:514/udp -p 6514:6514 \
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run –pull=always -p 514:514 -p 514:514/udp -p 6514:6514 \
         -e "SC4S_CONTAINER_HOST=${SC4SHOST}" \
         --env-file=/opt/sc4s/env_file \
         "$SC4S_PERSIST_VOLUME" \