diff --git a/playbooks/IaC_database.yml b/playbooks/IaC_database.yml
index 9f22f28..af7dbf4 100644
--- a/playbooks/IaC_database.yml
+++ b/playbooks/IaC_database.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
         comment: "Podman user for Postgresql Database"
         uid: 2000
 
+    - name: Allow psql user to linger
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: "loginctl enable-linger 2000"
+
     - name: Build /pgdata mount
       ansible.builtin.import_role:
         name: make_lvm_mount
@@ -56,6 +60,10 @@
         comment: "Podman user for MySQL Database"
         uid: 2001
 
+    - name: Allow mysql user to linger
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: "loginctl enable-linger 2001"
+
     - name: Build /mysql_data mount
       ansible.builtin.import_role:
         name: make_lvm_mount