diff --git a/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/controllerconfig.install b/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/controllerconfig.install
index e042dffb09..3c1d3f39dc 100644
--- a/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/controllerconfig.install
+++ b/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/controllerconfig.install
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ etc/goenabled.d/*
 usr/lib/python*/dist-packages/*
 etc/init.d/*
 etc/upgrade.d/*
+debian/systemd/00-controllerconfig.preset etc/systemd/system-preset
diff --git a/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/rules b/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/rules
index 40aa7bebbe..4adfa7f48a 100755
--- a/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/rules
+++ b/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/rules
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ override_dh_auto_test:
 endif
 
 override_dh_installsystemd:
-	dh_installsystemd -p controllerconfig controllerconfig.service
+	dh_installsystemd -pcontrollerconfig --no-start controllerconfig.service
 
 override_dh_python3:
 	dh_python3 --shebang=/usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/systemd/00-controllerconfig.preset b/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/systemd/00-controllerconfig.preset
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f488d678a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllerconfig/debian/deb_folder/systemd/00-controllerconfig.preset
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enable controllerconfig.service