diff --git a/profile/profile-stats.service b/profile/profile-stats.service
index cbd00c6..7302d76 100644
--- a/profile/profile-stats.service
+++ b/profile/profile-stats.service
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Description=Run update_profile.py (profile stats updater)
 Type=oneshot
 EnvironmentFile=%h/.config/profile-stats.env
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/nm-online -q
+ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'for i in {1..30}; do getent hosts tildegit.org && exit 0; sleep 1; done; exit 1'
 ExecStart=/bin/bash -lc 'cd ${REPO_PATH} && uv run language_stats.py'
 
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