diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/errbot.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/errbot.nix
index 427cb7c546d0..cb2fa6776240 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/errbot.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/errbot.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ in {
       dataDir = if !isNull instanceCfg.dataDir then instanceCfg.dataDir else
         "/var/lib/errbot/${name}";
     in {
-      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       preStart = ''
         mkdir -p ${dataDir}