diff --git a/manifests/database.pp b/manifests/database.pp
index ed079e21..0ad11043 100644
--- a/manifests/database.pp
+++ b/manifests/database.pp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     logoutput   => 'on_failure',
     user        => 'apache',
     refreshonly => true,
-    require     => File['/etc/pulp/server.conf'],
+    subscribe   => Service['mongodb'],
   }
 
   Class['pulp::install'] ~> Exec['migrate_pulp_db'] ~> Class['pulp::service']