diff --git a/post-debootstrap-installer.sh b/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
index ae816ea..5d16390 100755
--- a/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
+++ b/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ apt-get -y install iproute2
 # generate configs for systemd-networkd.service
 # this is template specific
 "/hardware-setup/hardware/${1}/network.sh"
+systemctl enable systemd-networkd.service
 
 
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