diff --git a/c-icap.service b/c-icap.service
index 88324da..69cd415 100644
--- a/c-icap.service
+++ b/c-icap.service
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/c-icap -N -f /etc/c-icap/c-icap.conf -D -d 2
+User=c-icap
+Group=c-icap
+Restart=on-failure
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target