diff --git a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service
index 49133d7e6..e93a9ecf8 100644
--- a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service
+++ b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ User=mongodb
 Group=mongodb
 PIDFile=/var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
 #EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/mongodb 
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod -f /etc/mongod.conf
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod --fork -f /etc/mongod.conf
  
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target