diff --git a/c/cosmic-greeter/manifest.x86_64.bin b/c/cosmic-greeter/manifest.x86_64.bin
index 428f086e..1bead298 100644
Binary files a/c/cosmic-greeter/manifest.x86_64.bin and b/c/cosmic-greeter/manifest.x86_64.bin differ
diff --git a/c/cosmic-greeter/manifest.x86_64.jsonc b/c/cosmic-greeter/manifest.x86_64.jsonc
index 6cb325f7..11056be3 100644
--- a/c/cosmic-greeter/manifest.x86_64.jsonc
+++ b/c/cosmic-greeter/manifest.x86_64.jsonc
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@
 		}
 	},
 	"source-name": "cosmic-greeter",
-	"source-release": "7",
+	"source-release": "8",
 	"source-version": "1.0.0-alpha.1"
 }
diff --git a/c/cosmic-greeter/pkg/fix-service.patch b/c/cosmic-greeter/pkg/fix-service.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1529a9da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c/cosmic-greeter/pkg/fix-service.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/debian/cosmic-greeter.service b/debian/cosmic-greeter.service
+index 278e591..70dcad3 100644
+--- a/debian/cosmic-greeter.service
++++ b/debian/cosmic-greeter.service
+@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@ RestartSec=1
+ StartLimitBurst=5
+ StartLimitInterval=30
+ 
+-# Managed by debconf
+-#[Install]
+-#Alias=display-manager.service
++[Install]
++Alias=display-manager.service
diff --git a/c/cosmic-greeter/stone.yaml b/c/cosmic-greeter/stone.yaml
index 7dad8169..a423f9c8 100644
--- a/c/cosmic-greeter/stone.yaml
+++ b/c/cosmic-greeter/stone.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 name        : cosmic-greeter
 version     : "1.0.0-alpha.1"
-release     : 7
+release     : 8
 summary     : Cosmic Desktop Greeter
 license     : GPL-3.0
 homepage    : https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-greeter
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ tuning      :
     - lto: thin
 setup       : |
     %cargo_fetch
+    # display manager link
+    %patch %(pkgdir)/fix-service.patch
     # debianism, /etc/default/locale
     %patch %(pkgdir)/no-env-default-locale.patch
 build       : |