diff --git a/pkg/provision/buildroot.go b/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
index 84b64723e19a1fa689b7c3cd4f9e96767b1a6e68..be0546daff0caf2d480e1a68f112102bd44351f2 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
@@ -76,13 +76,12 @@ Description=Docker Application Container Engine
 Documentation=https://docs.docker.com
 After=network.target  minikube-automount.service docker.socket
 Requires= minikube-automount.service docker.socket 
-StartLimitBurst=5
-StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 
 [Service]
-Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=1
 Type=notify
+Restart=on-failure
+StartLimitBurst=3
+StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 `
 	if noPivot {
 		klog.Warning("Using fundamentally insecure --no-pivot option")
diff --git a/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go b/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
index bd4dd64ba92d5fde88d19a8d98c889dfebc6a5de..e4db0d6c8bdb9ca08fe9d11e40ad07c1c73f662d 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
@@ -79,13 +79,12 @@ BindsTo=containerd.service
 After=network-online.target firewalld.service containerd.service
 Wants=network-online.target
 Requires=docker.socket
-StartLimitBurst=5
-StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 
 [Service]
-Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=1
 Type=notify
+Restart=on-failure
+StartLimitBurst=3
+StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 `
 	if noPivot {
 		klog.Warning("Using fundamentally insecure --no-pivot option")