diff --git a/type/__prometheus_borgbackup_exporter/gencode-remote b/type/__prometheus_borgbackup_exporter/gencode-remote
index 7bb55b0..18105d7 100755
--- a/type/__prometheus_borgbackup_exporter/gencode-remote
+++ b/type/__prometheus_borgbackup_exporter/gencode-remote
@@ -14,8 +14,19 @@ virtualenv venv
 . venv/bin/activate
 pip install prometheus_client
 pip install dateutils
-
-# Start service
-service prometheus-borgbackup-exporter --ifstarted restart
-service prometheus-borgbackup-exporter --ifstopped start
 EOF
+
+# Start service: `service` does not support the same options on different OSes
+os=$(cat "${__global:?}/explorer/os")
+
+case "$os" in
+	ubuntu)
+		echo "systemctl restart prometheus-borgbackup-exporter"
+		;;
+	alpine)
+		cat <<- EOF
+		service prometheus-borgbackup-exporter --ifstarted restart
+		service prometheus-borgbackup-exporter --ifstopped start
+		EOF
+		;;
+esac
diff --git a/type/__prometheus_borgbackup_exporter/manifest b/type/__prometheus_borgbackup_exporter/manifest
index e40ae5b..a75dbdb 100644
--- a/type/__prometheus_borgbackup_exporter/manifest
+++ b/type/__prometheus_borgbackup_exporter/manifest
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 os=$(cat "${__global:?}/explorer/os")
 
 mkdir -p "${__object:?}/files"
+REPOS_DIR=$(cat "${__object:?}/parameter/repos-dir")
+export REPOS_DIR
+
 case "$os" in
 	debian|ubuntu)
 		__package python3-virtualenv
@@ -32,9 +35,4 @@ case "$os" in
 	;;
 esac
 
-REPOS_DIR=$(cat "${__object:?}/parameter/repos-dir")
-export REPOS_DIR
 __directory /opt/prometheus-borgbackup-exporter
-
-# Make sure the borgbackup user exist.
-__user borgbackup --home "$REPOS_DIR" --create-home