diff --git a/hosts/rx4/services/netdata.nix b/hosts/rx4/services/netdata.nix
index 30d720d..92361c3 100644
--- a/hosts/rx4/services/netdata.nix
+++ b/hosts/rx4/services/netdata.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
     };
   };
 
+  services.journald.storage = "persistent";
+
+  users.users.netdata.extraGroups = [ "systemd-journal" ];
+
   sops =
     let
       owner = config.services.netdata.user;
diff --git a/hosts/sid/services/netdata.nix b/hosts/sid/services/netdata.nix
index 005f9e1..724b0f3 100644
--- a/hosts/sid/services/netdata.nix
+++ b/hosts/sid/services/netdata.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ in
     NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR = "/etc/netdata/conf.d";
   };
 
+  services.journald.storage = "persistent";
+
+  users.users.netdata.extraGroups = [ "systemd-journal" ];
+
   sops =
     let
       owner = config.services.netdata.user;