diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/torrent/magnetico.nix b/nixos/modules/services/torrent/magnetico.nix
index a7acdb78b316..719827713ff9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/torrent/magnetico.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/torrent/magnetico.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ let
        (if (cfg.web.credentialsFile != null || cfg.web.credentials != { })
          then "--credentials=${toString credFile}"
          else "--no-auth")
+       "--addr=${address}:${toString port}"
      ] ++ extraOptions);
 
 in {
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ in {
     systemd.services.magneticod = {
       description = "Magnetico DHT crawler";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after    = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      after    = [ "network.target" ];
 
       serviceConfig = {
         User      = "magnetico";
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ in {
     systemd.services.magneticow = {
       description = "Magnetico web interface";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after    = [ "network-online.target" "magneticod.service"];
+      after    = [ "network.target" "magneticod.service"];
 
       serviceConfig = {
         User           = "magnetico";
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ in {
     assertions =
     [
       {
-        assertion = cfg.web.credentialsFile != null || cfg.web.credentials != { };
+        assertion = cfg.web.credentialsFile == null || cfg.web.credentials == { };
         message = ''
           The options services.magnetico.web.credentialsFile and
           services.magnetico.web.credentials are mutually exclusives.
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index a92a3ccd0d18..78bf7ea962aa 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ in
   loki = handleTest ./loki.nix {};
   #logstash = handleTest ./logstash.nix {};
   lorri = handleTest ./lorri/default.nix {};
+  magnetico = handleTest ./magnetico.nix {};
   mailcatcher = handleTest ./mailcatcher.nix {};
   mathics = handleTest ./mathics.nix {};
   matomo = handleTest ./matomo.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/magnetico.nix b/nixos/tests/magnetico.nix
index bc7aef653ee5..6770d32358e8 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/magnetico.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/magnetico.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} :
+
+let
+  port = 8081;
+in
+{
   name = "magnetico";
   meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
     maintainers = [ rnhmjoj ];
@@ -12,17 +17,24 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     services.magnetico = {
       enable = true;
       crawler.port = 9000;
+      web.port = port;
       web.credentials.user = "$2y$12$P88ZF6soFthiiAeXnz64aOWDsY3Dw7Yw8fZ6GtiqFNjknD70zDmNe";
     };
   };
 
   testScript =
     ''
-      startAll;
-      $machine->waitForUnit("magneticod");
-      $machine->waitForUnit("magneticow");
-      $machine->succeed("${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -u user:password http://localhost:8080");
-      $machine->succeed("${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -u user:wrongpwd http://localhost:8080") =~ "Unauthorised." or die;
-      $machine->shutdown();
+      start_all()
+      machine.wait_for_unit("magneticod")
+      machine.wait_for_unit("magneticow")
+      machine.succeed(
+          "${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl "
+          + "-u user:password http://localhost:${toString port}"
+      )
+      assert "Unauthorised." in machine.succeed(
+          "${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl "
+          + "-u user:wrongpwd http://localhost:${toString port}"
+      )
+      machine.shutdown()
     '';
 })