diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/phosphor-watchdog@.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/phosphor-watchdog@.service
index 942611e..52c1290 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/phosphor-watchdog@.service
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/phosphor-watchdog@.service
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 [Service]
 Restart=no
 EnvironmentFile={envfiledir}/obmc/watchdog/%I
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/env phosphor-watchdog --service=${{SERVICE}} --path=${{DEVPATH}} --target=${{TARGET}}
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/env phosphor-watchdog --continue --service=${{SERVICE}} --path=${{DEVPATH}} --target=${{TARGET}}
 SyslogIdentifier=phosphor-watchdog