diff --git a/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/citadel-initramfs/files/citadel-install-rootfs-mount.service b/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/citadel-initramfs/files/citadel-install-rootfs-mount.service
index bbb0544..d837baa 100644
--- a/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/citadel-initramfs/files/citadel-install-rootfs-mount.service
+++ b/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/citadel-initramfs/files/citadel-install-rootfs-mount.service
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ Before=citadel-rootfs-setup.service
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/plymouth message --text="Copying files from boot disk and decompressing rootfs image"
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/plymouth message --text="Copying files from boot disk and decompressing rootfs image"
 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/citadel-install copy-artifacts
 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/citadel-mount rootfs
diff --git a/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/citadel-initramfs/files/citadel-install-rootfs-setup.service b/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/citadel-initramfs/files/citadel-install-rootfs-setup.service
index c8d7c40..938776e 100644
--- a/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/citadel-initramfs/files/citadel-install-rootfs-setup.service
+++ b/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/citadel-initramfs/files/citadel-install-rootfs-setup.service
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ ConditionKernelCommandLine=|citadel.live
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/plymouth message --text="Setting up filesystem in RAM for live boot"
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/plymouth message --text="Setting up filesystem in RAM for live boot"
 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/citadel-install live-setup
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/plymouth message --text="Starting desktop"
+ExecStartPost=-/usr/bin/plymouth message --text="Starting desktop"