diff --git a/Capfile b/Capfile
index c40535d1..9ba9264f 100644
--- a/Capfile
+++ b/Capfile
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ require 'capistrano/rvm'
 require 'capistrano/rails'
 require 'capistrano/puma'
 install_plugin Capistrano::Puma
+install_plugin Capistrano::Puma::Systemd
diff --git a/config/deploy/production.rb b/config/deploy/production.rb
index 99e38608..49bc8366 100644
--- a/config/deploy/production.rb
+++ b/config/deploy/production.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 set :puma_bind, 'unix:/tmp/rails-contributors.sock'
 set :puma_preload_app, false
 set :puma_workers, 1
+set :puma_phased_restart, true
 
 set :rvm_ruby_version, '2.6.5'
+set :rvm_custom_path, '/home/rails/.rvm'
 
 namespace :deploy do
   after :normalize_assets, :gzip_assets do