diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37b52cc..ec1b785 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /.envrc
+*~
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compose.prometheus.yml b/compose.prometheus.yml
index 0682c45..28e95b6 100644
--- a/compose.prometheus.yml
+++ b/compose.prometheus.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ services:
       start_period: 30s
     deploy:
       restart_policy:
-        condition: on-failure
+        condition: unless-stopped
       labels:
         - "traefik.enable=true"
         - "traefik.swarm.network=proxy"
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 472d49b..0cd3382 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ services:
       start_period: 30s
     deploy:
       restart_policy:
-        condition: on-failure
+        condition: unless-stopped
       labels:
         - "backupbot.backup=${ENABLE_BACKUPS:-true}"
         - "coop-cloud.${STACK_NAME}.version=2.3.0+v1.20.1"
diff --git a/release/next b/release/next
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdd836d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/next
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- alloy and prometheus containers restart policy from on-failure to unless-stopped
\ No newline at end of file