diff --git a/nixproc/backends/synit/test-module/nixos-syndicate-server.nix b/nixproc/backends/synit/test-module/nixos-syndicate-server.nix
index 83c79c1..acd68be 100644
--- a/nixproc/backends/synit/test-module/nixos-syndicate-server.nix
+++ b/nixproc/backends/synit/test-module/nixos-syndicate-server.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
 
 let
   syndicate-server = pkgs.syndicate-server or (let
-    repo = builtins.fetchTarball
-      "https://git.syndicate-lang.org/ehmry/syndicate-flake/archive/trunk.tar.gz";
+    repo = pkgs.fetchFromGitea {
+      domain = "git.syndicate-lang.org";
+      owner = "ehmry";
+      repo = "syndicate-flake";
+      rev = "e28f71ba8878478cc160bd901da2f7b9bee29a5f";
+      hash = "sha256-YaHKplVpnaL95Xwv7SYUKvNssiulLQmIAF/G78g9KZc=";
+    };
     pkgs' = import repo { inherit pkgs; };
   in pkgs'.syndicate-server);
 
@@ -16,11 +21,21 @@ let
   };
 
 in {
+  networking.localCommands = ''
+    echo '<run-service <milestone network>>' > \
+      /run/etc/syndicate/core/milestone-network.pr
+  '';
+
   systemd.services.syndicate-server = {
     description = "Syndicate dataspace server";
     wantedBy = [ "basic.target" ];
+    before = [ "network.target" ];
     preStart = ''
-      mkdir -p "/etc/syndicate/services"
+      mkdir -p \
+        "/etc/syndicate/services" \
+        "/run/etc/syndicate/core" \
+        "/run/etc/syndicate/services" \
+
       ${lib.getExe pkgs.rsync} -r \
         --exclude 001-console-getty.pr \
         --exclude configdirs.pr \
@@ -29,6 +44,10 @@ in {
         --exclude services \
         "${synit}/packaging/packages/synit-config/files/etc/syndicate/" \
         "/etc/syndicate"
+      echo '<require-service <config-watcher "/run/etc/syndicate/core" $.>>' > \
+        /etc/syndicate/core/configdirs.pr
+      echo '<require-service <config-watcher "/run/etc/syndicate/services" $.>>' > \
+        /etc/syndicate/services/configdirs.pr
     '';
     serviceConfig = {
       ExecStart =
diff --git a/tools/synit/nixproc-synit-deploy.in b/tools/synit/nixproc-synit-deploy.in
index af89790..bbc4f9d 100644
--- a/tools/synit/nixproc-synit-deploy.in
+++ b/tools/synit/nixproc-synit-deploy.in
@@ -136,7 +136,15 @@ nixproc-init-state $stateDirArg $runtimeDirArg $logDirArg $tmpDirArg $cacheDirAr
 createNewGroups
 createNewUsers
 
-cp -v $profilePath /etc/syndicate/services/processes.pr
+dest_file=/run/etc/syndicate/services/processes.pr
+
+if [ -e "$dest_file"] && [ ! -L "$dest_file" ]
+then
+  echo "$dest_file exists but is not a symlink, refusing to overwrite"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+ln -sf $profilePath /etc/syndicate/services/processes.pr
 
 # Delete obsolete users and groups
 deleteObsoleteUsers