diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9894f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*/__pycache__
+__pycache__
diff --git a/logmon.service b/logmon.service
index 4322757..eac66f0 100644
--- a/logmon.service
+++ b/logmon.service
@@ -7,17 +7,20 @@ Type=forking
 User=root
 Group=root
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/logmon
+Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
+Environment="PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1"
+
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /opt/logmon/logmon.py -c /etc/logmon/config.ini
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 PIDFile=/var/run/logmon.pid
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=10s
-
-# Security hardening
-PrivateTmp=yes
+PrivateTmp=no
 NoNewPrivileges=false
-ProtectSystem=strict
-ReadWritePaths=/var/log /var/run /etc/csf
+ProtectSystem=false
+ReadWritePaths=/etc/csf /var/lib/csf /var/log
+TimeoutStartSec=60
+TimeoutStopSec=60
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target