diff --git a/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2 b/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
index f34a917..1c56546 100644
--- a/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
+++ b/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=The Salt Minion daemon
 After=network.target
-StartLimitIntervalSec=500
+StartLimitIntervalSec=5
 StartLimitBurst=5
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
 KillMode=control-group
-Restart=on-failure
+Restart=always
 RestartSec=10s
 NotifyAccess=all
 LimitNOFILE=32768