diff --git a/packages/verae-keep/systemd/verae-keep-guard.service.bak b/packages/verae-keep/systemd/verae-keep-guard.service.bak
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-[Unit]
-Description=Verae keep-alive guard (restarts watch + keep)
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-WorkingDirectory=%h/verae-keep
-Environment=KEEP_UNITS=%h/verae-keep/units.ns1.json
-Environment=KEEP_STATE=%h/verae-keep/data
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash %h/verae-keep/scripts/guard.sh
-Restart=always
-RestartSec=2
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=default.target