diff --git a/files/logstash-indexer.conf b/files/logstash-indexer.conf
index 84dd380..bd12ea1 100644
--- a/files/logstash-indexer.conf
+++ b/files/logstash-indexer.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 description     "logstash indexer instance"
 
-start on virtual-filesystems
+start on (virtual-filesystems and started networking)
 stop on runlevel [06]
 
 # Respawn it if the process exits