diff --git a/aptly/files/aptly-api.service b/aptly/files/aptly-api.service
index 9e44fda..0102996 100644
--- a/aptly/files/aptly-api.service
+++ b/aptly/files/aptly-api.service
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 [Service]
 User=aptly
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/aptly-api
-ExecStart={{ command }} api serve -listen=${LISTEN_HOST}:${LISTEN_PORT}
+ExecStart={{ command }} api serve -listen=${LISTEN_HOST}:${LISTEN_PORT} -no-lock
 Restart=on-failure
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/aptly/files/init.d/aptly-api b/aptly/files/init.d/aptly-api
index 4065e31..1d3cad2 100755
--- a/aptly/files/init.d/aptly-api
+++ b/aptly/files/init.d/aptly-api
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	# Get slave.jar from master
 	if start-stop-daemon -c ${APTLY_USER} --background --start --quiet \
 		--oknodo -m --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --exec ${COMMAND} -- ${COMMAND_ARGS} \
-		-listen=${LISTEN_HOST}:${LISTEN_PORT}; then
+		-listen=${LISTEN_HOST}:${LISTEN_PORT} -no-lock; then
 		log_end_msg 0 || true
 	else
 		log_end_msg 1 || true