diff --git a/configuration/vm.nix b/configuration/vm.nix
index d37f694..fde4318 100755
--- a/configuration/vm.nix
+++ b/configuration/vm.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   # Define a user account.
   users.users.docker = {
     isNormalUser = true;
+    linger = true;
     extraGroups = [
       "wheel"
       "docker"