diff --git a/modules/monitoring/monitoring.nix b/modules/monitoring/monitoring.nix
index ee7a7ae..71793ac 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/monitoring.nix
+++ b/modules/monitoring/monitoring.nix
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ in
     path = with pkgs; [ victoriametrics ];
     enable = true;
     after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+    requires = [ "network-online.target" ];
     wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
     script = "vmagent -promscrape.config=${configure_prom} -remoteWrite.url=http://127.0.0.1:8428/api/v1/write";
   };