diff --git a/btcpay-setup.sh b/btcpay-setup.sh
index ad5ac3d..22abece 100755
--- a/btcpay-setup.sh
+++ b/btcpay-setup.sh
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ if [[ "$1" == "--install-only" ]]; then
     START=false
 fi
 
+IS_CHROOT=false
+if [[ -x "$(command -v ischroot)" ]] && ischroot; then
+    IS_CHROOT=true
+fi
+
 if [[ -z "$BTCPAYGEN_CRYPTO1" ]]; then
 	if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "darwin"* ]]; then
 		# Not Mac OS - Mac OS uses it's own env file
@@ -334,7 +339,7 @@ if ! [[ -x "$(command -v docker)" ]] || ! [[ -x "$(command -v docker-compose)" ]
             # zlib1g:armhf is needed for docker-compose, but we install it here as we changed dpkg here
             apt-get install -y docker-ce:armhf zlib1g:armhf
         fi
-        if [[ -x "$(command -v ischroot)" ]] && ischroot; then
+        if $IS_CHROOT; then
             echo "chroot detected, running dockerd in background..."
             dockerd &
             echo "Waiting /var/run/docker.sock to be created..."
@@ -417,12 +422,12 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target" > /etc/systemd/system/btcpayserver.service
 	echo -e "BTCPay Server systemd configured in /etc/systemd/system/btcpayserver.service\n"
 	systemctl daemon-reload
 	systemctl enable btcpayserver
-	if $START; then
+	if $START && ! $IS_CHROOT; then
 		echo "BTCPay Server starting... this can take 5 to 10 minutes..."
 		systemctl start btcpayserver
 		echo "BTCPay Server started"
 	fi
-
+    $START && $IS_CHROOT && echo "Impossible to start a systemctl service in chroot... skipping"
 elif [[ -x "$(command -v initctl)" ]]; then
 	# Use upstart
 	echo "Using upstart"
@@ -473,7 +478,7 @@ fi
 cd "$BTCPAY_BASE_DIRECTORY/btcpayserver-docker"
 install_tooling
 
-if ! $START && [[ -x "$(command -v ischroot)" ]] && ischroot; then
+if ! $START && $IS_CHROOT; then
     echo "Killing dockerd in the background..."
     kill %-
 fi