diff --git a/scripts/setup_systemd.sh b/scripts/setup_systemd.sh
index 4595e11..ebf27d1 100755
--- a/scripts/setup_systemd.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup_systemd.sh
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ if [ "$ENABLE_MONITORING" = true ]; then
     wget "https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v${PROMETHEUS_VERSION}/prometheus-${PROMETHEUS_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
     tar -xzf "prometheus-${PROMETHEUS_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
     
+    # Create prometheus user first
+    useradd --system --shell /bin/false prometheus || true
+    
     mkdir -p /opt/prometheus
     cp "prometheus-${PROMETHEUS_VERSION}.linux-amd64/prometheus" /opt/prometheus/
     cp "prometheus-${PROMETHEUS_VERSION}.linux-amd64/promtool" /opt/prometheus/
@@ -433,8 +436,6 @@ RestartSec=5
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 EOF
 
-    # Create prometheus user
-    useradd --system --shell /bin/false prometheus || true
     mkdir -p /opt/prometheus/data
     chown -R prometheus:prometheus /opt/prometheus