diff --git a/nixos/modules/monitoring/exporters/tahoe.nix b/nixos/modules/monitoring/exporters/tahoe.nix
index 17b6320e3a01e18fd9a08c848e4223c65902e158..0195e9b244bb6eada052afdce5b3ece71b568def 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/monitoring/exporters/tahoe.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/monitoring/exporters/tahoe.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ in {
         enable = true;
         description = "Tahoe metrics gathering service";
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        wants = [ "tahoe.storage.service" ];
+        after = [ "tahoe.storage.service" ];
         startAt = cfg.interval;
         path = [ pkgs.curl ];