diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/minidlna.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/minidlna.nix
index bbbfe9d72e1a..61d063dbfe0e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/minidlna.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/minidlna.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ in
         port=${toString port}
         friendly_name=${config.networking.hostName} MiniDLNA
         db_dir=/var/cache/minidlna
-        log_dir=/var/log/minidlna
+        log_level=warn
         inotify=yes
         ${concatMapStrings (dir: ''
           media_dir=${dir}
@@ -83,21 +83,18 @@ in
 
         preStart =
           ''
-            mkdir -p /var/cache/minidlna /var/log/minidlna /run/minidlna
-            chown minidlna /var/cache/minidlna /var/log/minidlna /run/minidlna
+            mkdir -p /var/cache/minidlna
+            chown -R minidlna:minidlna /var/cache/minidlna
           '';
 
-        # FIXME: log through the journal rather than
-        # /var/log/minidlna.  The -d flag does that, but also raises
-        # the log level to debug...
         serviceConfig =
           { User = "minidlna";
-            Group = "nogroup";
+            Group = "minidlna";
             PermissionsStartOnly = true;
-            Type = "forking";
+            RuntimeDirectory = "minidlna";
             PIDFile = "/run/minidlna/pid";
             ExecStart =
-              "@${pkgs.minidlna}/sbin/minidlnad minidlnad -P /run/minidlna/pid" +
+              "${pkgs.minidlna}/sbin/minidlnad -S -P /run/minidlna/pid" +
               " -f ${pkgs.writeText "minidlna.conf" cfg.config}";
           };
       };