diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix
index b4ac0ca184db..ce3d53fb2c17 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ in {
         '';
         script = ''
           export DD_API_KEY=$(head -n 1 ${cfg.apiKeyFile})
-          exec ${datadogPkg}/bin/agent start -c /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml
+          exec ${datadogPkg}/bin/agent run -c /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml
         '';
         serviceConfig.PermissionsStartOnly = true;
       };