diff --git a/anda/others/kwin-system76-scheduler-integration/com.system76.Scheduler.dbusproxy.service b/anda/others/kwin-system76-scheduler-integration/com.system76.Scheduler.dbusproxy.service
index 2bb6ec3048..b2943dbf89 100644
--- a/anda/others/kwin-system76-scheduler-integration/com.system76.Scheduler.dbusproxy.service
+++ b/anda/others/kwin-system76-scheduler-integration/com.system76.Scheduler.dbusproxy.service
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Forward com.system76.Scheduler session DBus messages to the system bus
+StartLimitIntervalSec=60
+StartLimitBurst=5
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/system76-scheduler-dbus-proxy.sh
diff --git a/anda/others/kwin-system76-scheduler-integration/system76-scheduler-dbus-proxy.sh b/anda/others/kwin-system76-scheduler-integration/system76-scheduler-dbus-proxy.sh
index e03e92726c..850f5612e8 100644
--- a/anda/others/kwin-system76-scheduler-integration/system76-scheduler-dbus-proxy.sh
+++ b/anda/others/kwin-system76-scheduler-integration/system76-scheduler-dbus-proxy.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
 DBUS_SERVICE="com.system76.Scheduler"
 DBUS_PATH="/com/system76/Scheduler"
 DBUS_INTERFACE="com.system76.Scheduler"
 DBUS_METHOD="SetForegroundProcess"
-dbus-monitor "destination=$DBUS_SERVICE,path=$DBUS_PATH,interface=$DBUS_INTERFACE,member=$DBUS_METHOD" | 
-  while true; do 
-    read method call time sender _ dest serial path interface member
-    read type pid
-    [ "$member" = "member=$DBUS_METHOD" ] && qdbus --system $DBUS_SERVICE $DBUS_PATH $DBUS_INTERFACE.$DBUS_METHOD $pid
-  done
+
+while true; do 
+  read method call time sender _ dest serial path interface member
+  read type pid
+  [ "$member" = "member=$DBUS_METHOD" ] && qdbus --system $DBUS_SERVICE $DBUS_PATH $DBUS_INTERFACE.$DBUS_METHOD $pid
+done < <(dbus-monitor "destination=$DBUS_SERVICE,path=$DBUS_PATH,interface=$DBUS_INTERFACE,member=$DBUS_METHOD")