diff --git a/seednode/bisq-seednode.env b/seednode/bisq-seednode.env
index 5a8ca791013..61eece67cc9 100644
--- a/seednode/bisq-seednode.env
+++ b/seednode/bisq-seednode.env
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ BITCOIN_RPC_PASSWORD=__BITCOIN_RPC_USER__
 BITCOIN_RPC_PORT=8332
 BITCOIN_RPC_BLOCKNOTIFY_PORT=5120
 
-# bisq seednode settings
+# bisq seednode pathnames
+BISQ_HOME=__BISQ_HOME__
 BISQ_APP_NAME=bisq-seednode
-BISQ_DATA_DIR=__BISQ_HOME__
+BISQ_BASE_CURRENCY=btc_mainnet
+
+# bisq seednode settings
 BISQ_NODE_PORT=8000
 BISQ_MAX_CONNECTIONS=50
 BISQ_MAX_MEMORY=8000
-BISQ_BASE_CURRENCY=BTC_MAINNET
 
 # set to true for BSQ explorer
 BISQ_DUMP_BLOCKCHAIN=false
diff --git a/seednode/bisq-seednode.service b/seednode/bisq-seednode.service
index 713e9bf43af..c328f27d3b6 100644
--- a/seednode/bisq-seednode.service
+++ b/seednode/bisq-seednode.service
@@ -2,21 +2,19 @@
 
 [Unit]
 Description=Bisq Seed Node
-After=network.target
+After=bitcoin.service
 
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/bisq-seednode.env
-ExecStart=__BISQ_HOME__/__BISQ_REPO_NAME__/bisq-seednode --appName=${BISQ_APP_NAME} --nodePort=${BISQ_NODE_PORT} --userDataDir=${BISQ_DATA_DIR} --maxConnections=${BISQ_MAX_CONNECTIONS} --maxMemory=${BISQ_MAX_MEMORY} --fullDaoNode=true --rpcUser=${BITCOIN_RPC_USERNAME} --rpcPassword=${BITCOIN_RPC_PASSWORD} --rpcPort=${BITCOIN_RPC_PORT} --rpcBlockNotificationPort=${BITCOIN_RPC_BLOCKNOTIFY_PORT} --baseCurrencyNetwork=${BISQ_BASE_CURRENCY} --dumpBlockchainData=${BISQ_DUMP_BLOCKCHAIN}
+ExecStart=__BISQ_HOME__/__BISQ_REPO_NAME__/bisq-seednode --appName=${BISQ_APP_NAME} --nodePort=${BISQ_NODE_PORT} --userDataDir=${BISQ_HOME} --maxConnections=${BISQ_MAX_CONNECTIONS} --maxMemory=${BISQ_MAX_MEMORY} --fullDaoNode=true --rpcUser=${BITCOIN_RPC_USERNAME} --rpcPassword=${BITCOIN_RPC_PASSWORD} --rpcPort=${BITCOIN_RPC_PORT} --rpcBlockNotificationPort=${BITCOIN_RPC_BLOCKNOTIFY_PORT} --baseCurrencyNetwork=${BISQ_BASE_CURRENCY} --dumpBlockchainData=${BISQ_DUMP_BLOCKCHAIN}
 ExecStop=/bin/kill -TERM ${MAINPID}
 Restart=on-failure
 
+ExecStartPre=+/bin/bash -c "if [ $BISQ_DUMP_BLOCKCHAIN = true ];then mount -t tmpfs none -o size=812M,uid=bisq,gid=bisq $BISQ_HOME/$BISQ_APP_NAME/$BISQ_BASE_CURRENCY/db/json;else true;fi"
+ExecStopPost=+/bin/bash -c "if [ $BISQ_DUMP_BLOCKCHAIN = true ];then umount $BISQ_HOME/$BISQ_APP_NAME/$BISQ_BASE_CURRENCY/db/json;else true;fi"
+
 User=bisq
 Group=bisq
 
-PrivateTmp=true
-ProtectSystem=full
-NoNewPrivileges=true
-PrivateDevices=true
-
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target