diff --git a/files/scripts/enableautoupdates.sh b/files/scripts/enableautoupdates.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7646e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/scripts/enableautoupdates.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Tell build process to exit if there are any errors.
+set -oue pipefail
+
+systemctl enable rpm-ostreed-automatic.timer
+systemctl enable podman-auto-update.timer
+systemctl --global enable podman-auto-update.timer
+systemctl --global enable flatpak-user-update.timer
+systemctl enable flatpak-system-update.timer
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diff --git a/recipes/components/base-module.yml b/recipes/components/base-module.yml
index 264ec83..dcc02bf 100644
--- a/recipes/components/base-module.yml
+++ b/recipes/components/base-module.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ modules:
       - RUN rpm -ivh /ublue-os-luks.noarch.rpm
       - RUN rpm -ivh /ublue-os-just.noarch.rpm
   
-  - type: systemd
-    system:
-      enabled:
-        - rpm-ostreed.automatic.timer
-        - podman-auto-update.timer
-        - flatpak-system-update.timer
-    user:
-      enabled:
-        - podman-auto-update.timer
-        - flatpak-system-update.timer
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+  - type: script
+    scripts:
+      - enableautoupdates.sh # using systemd did not work, so using this script instead
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