diff --git a/services/cgAdminFrontend.service b/services/cgAdminFrontend.service
index 8b5013d..f35627e 100644
--- a/services/cgAdminFrontend.service
+++ b/services/cgAdminFrontend.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 User=root
 WorkingDirectory=/
-ExecStart=nohup /opt/CodeGrader_venv/bin/cgAdminFrontend > /var/log/cgAdminFrontend.log &
+ExecStart=/opt/CodeGrader_venv/bin/cgAdminFrontend
 # optional items below
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=3
diff --git a/services/cgApiBackend.service b/services/cgApiBackend.service
index b8fda5c..dab6eb3 100644
--- a/services/cgApiBackend.service
+++ b/services/cgApiBackend.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 User=root
 WorkingDirectory=/
-ExecStart=nohup /opt/CodeGrader_venv/bin/cgApiBackend > /var/log/cgApiBackend.log &
+ExecStart=/opt/CodeGrader_venv/bin/cgApiBackend
 # optional items below
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=3
diff --git a/services/cgEvaluationService.service b/services/cgEvaluationService.service
index e28bd99..cf69126 100644
--- a/services/cgEvaluationService.service
+++ b/services/cgEvaluationService.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 User=root
 WorkingDirectory=/
-ExecStart=nohup /opt/CodeGrader_venv/bin/cgEvaluationService > /var/log/cgEvaluationService.log &
+ExecStart=/opt/CodeGrader_venv/bin/cgEvaluationService
 # optional items below
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=3
diff --git a/services/cgExecutionService.service b/services/cgExecutionService.service
index 60149f2..7d92b57 100644
--- a/services/cgExecutionService.service
+++ b/services/cgExecutionService.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 User=root
 WorkingDirectory=/
-ExecStart=nohup /opt/CodeGrader_venv/bin/cgExecutionService > /var/log/cgExecutionService.log &
+ExecStart=/opt/CodeGrader_venv/bin/cgExecutionService
 # optional items below
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=3
diff --git a/services/cgUserFrontend.service b/services/cgUserFrontend.service
index a143868..f228c74 100644
--- a/services/cgUserFrontend.service
+++ b/services/cgUserFrontend.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 User=root
 WorkingDirectory=/
-ExecStart=nohup /opt/CodeGrader_venv/bin/cgUserFrontend > /var/log/cgUserFrontend.log &
+ExecStart=/opt/CodeGrader_venv/bin/cgUserFrontend
 # optional items below
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=3