diff --git a/misc/lib/systemd/system/colab.service b/misc/lib/systemd/system/colab.service
index ef4e92d..2b50889 100644
--- a/misc/lib/systemd/system/colab.service
+++ b/misc/lib/systemd/system/colab.service
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Description=Colab
 
 [Service]
 User=colab
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/lock/colab
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chown -R colab:colab /var/lock/colab
 ExecStart=/usr/lib/colab/bin/gunicorn colab.wsgi:application --bind=127.0.0.1:8001 --workers=3
 Restart=on-failure
 
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