diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/blocky.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/blocky.nix
index 1920a5c11c56..d130e4433a6f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/blocky.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/blocky.nix
@@ -30,16 +30,56 @@ in
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
     systemd.services.blocky = {
       description = "A DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network";
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-
+      wants = [
+        "network-online.target"
+        "nss-lookup.target"
+      ];
+      before = [
+        "nss-lookup.target"
+      ];
+      wantedBy = [
+        "multi-user.target"
+      ];
       serviceConfig = {
-        DynamicUser = true;
-        ExecStart = "${lib.getExe cfg.package} --config ${configFile}";
-        Restart = "on-failure";
-
         AmbientCapabilities = [ "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE" ];
         CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE" ];
+        DynamicUser = true;
+        ExecStart = "${lib.getExe cfg.package} --config ${configFile}";
+        LockPersonality = true;
+        LogsDirectory = "blocky";
+        MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+        NoNewPrivileges = true;
+        NonBlocking = true;
+        PrivateDevices = true;
+        ProtectClock = true;
+        ProtectControlGroups = true;
+        ProtectHome = true;
+        ProtectHostname = true;
+        ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+        ProtectKernelModules = true;
+        ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+        ProtectSystem = "strict";
+        Restart = "on-failure";
+        RestrictAddressFamilies = [
+          "AF_INET"
+          "AF_INET6"
+        ];
+        RestrictNamespaces = true;
+        RestrictRealtime = true;
+        RuntimeDirectory = "blocky";
+        StateDirectory = "blocky";
+        SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
+        SystemCallFilter = [
+          "@system-service"
+          "@chown"
+          "~@aio"
+          "~@keyring"
+          "~@memlock"
+          "~@setuid"
+          "~@timer"
+        ];
       };
     };
   };
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ paepcke ];
 }