diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index 879f6aa..56c31de 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cross/service",
-  "version": "1.0.6",
+  "version": "1.0.7",
   "fmt": {
     "lineWidth": 200
   },
diff --git a/lib/managers/systemd.ts b/lib/managers/systemd.ts
index a650916..763b8ae 100644
--- a/lib/managers/systemd.ts
+++ b/lib/managers/systemd.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class SystemdService {
     // Automatically enable linger for current user using loginctl if running in user mode
     if (!config.system && !onlyGenerate) {
       if (!config.user) {
-        throw new Error("Username not found in $USER, must be specified using the --username flag or via the username option.");
+        throw new Error("Username not found in $USER, must be specified using the --username flag or via the user option.");
       }
       const enableLinger = await spawn(["loginctl", "enable-linger", config.user]);
       if (enableLinger.code !== 0) {
diff --git a/lib/service.ts b/lib/service.ts
index 78dc6ec..db1818a 100644
--- a/lib/service.ts
+++ b/lib/service.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function prepareConfig<T extends InstallServiceOptions | UninstallServiceOptions
     name: options.name || "deno-service",
     home: options.home || getEnv("HOME") || getEnv("userprofile"),
     cmd: "cmd" in options ? options.cmd : undefined,
-    user: "user" in options ? options.user || getEnv("USER") : undefined,
+    user: ("user" in options ? options.user : undefined) || getEnv("USER"),
     cwd: "cwd" in options ? options.cwd || cwd() : undefined,
     path: "path" in options ? options.path : undefined,
     env: "env" in options ? options.env : undefined,