diff --git a/templates/etebase.service.j2 b/templates/etebase.service.j2
index 5e1b975..9459b7f 100644
--- a/templates/etebase.service.j2
+++ b/templates/etebase.service.j2
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Description=Execute the etebase server.
 [Service]
 WorkingDirectory={{ etebase__user_home }}/etebase_{{ etebase_version_target }}
 ExecStart={{ etebase__venv }}/bin/uvicorn etebase_server.asgi:application --uds {{ etebase__socket }}
+Restart=always
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 40c1cac..cd4a366 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ etebase__repo_api: 'https://api.github.com/repos/etesync/server/tags'
 etebase__venv: "{{ etebase__venv_path }}/{{ etebase_version_target }}"
 
 # versionscheck
-playbook_version_number: 13   # should be a integer
+playbook_version_number: 14   # should be a integer
 playbook_version_path: 'role-do1jlr.etebase'