diff --git a/src/service/tetras-back.service b/src/service/tetras-back.service
index 668e1109869c6b57c8d63513895fa2d08a81269e..4cce85599f529087ba9fc62a7bd5756ced2e4d22 100644
--- a/src/service/tetras-back.service
+++ b/src/service/tetras-back.service
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ After=network.target
 Type=simple
 User=root
 ExecStop=/usr/local/sbin/tetras-back --stop
+ExecStartPre=rm -f /var/run/tetras-back.fifo
 ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/tetras-back --start
 Restart=on-fail