diff --git a/post.sh b/post.sh
index 0827765..d139161 100755
--- a/post.sh
+++ b/post.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -xeuo pipefail
+
+# See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265295 ; some
+# aspects of that have been fixed, but apparently this is still
+# necessary, and generally makes things less finicky
+echo 'Storage=persistent' >> /etc/systemd/journald.conf