diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index b377819dd264..1e680170bc8e 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -18222,6 +18222,12 @@
     githubId = 11587657;
     keys = [ { fingerprint = "E173 237A C782 296D 98F5  ADAC E13D FD4B 4712 7951"; } ];
   };
+  scvalex = {
+    name = "Alexandru Scvorțov";
+    email = "github@abstractbinary.org";
+    github = "scvalex";
+    githubId = 2588;
+  };
   sdaqo = {
     name = "sdaqo";
     email = "sdaqo.dev@protonmail.com";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/development/livebook.nix b/nixos/modules/services/development/livebook.nix
index c7a6e3537579..859083635201 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/development/livebook.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/development/livebook.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ in
         EnvironmentFile = cfg.environmentFile;
         ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/livebook start";
         KillMode = "mixed";
+
+        # Fix for the issue described here:
+        # https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/issues/2691
+        #
+        # Without this, the livebook service fails to start and gets
+        # stuck running a `cat /dev/urandom | tr | fold` pipeline.
+        IgnoreSIGPIPE = false;
       };
       environment = mapAttrs (name: value:
         if isBool value then boolToString value else toString value)
@@ -98,5 +105,8 @@ in
     };
   };
 
-  meta.doc = ./livebook.md;
+  meta = {
+    doc = ./livebook.md;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ munksgaard scvalex ];
+  };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/livebook-service.nix b/nixos/tests/livebook-service.nix
index f428412e1644..2d699efb1e3e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/livebook-service.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/livebook-service.nix
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, pkgs, ... }: {
         enableUserService = true;
         environment = {
           LIVEBOOK_PORT = 20123;
-          LIVEBOOK_COOKIE = "chocolate chip";
-          LIVEBOOK_TOKEN_ENABLED = true;
-
         };
         environmentFile = pkgs.writeText "livebook.env" ''
           LIVEBOOK_PASSWORD = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
@@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, pkgs, ... }: {
 
       machine.succeed("loginctl enable-linger alice")
       machine.wait_until_succeeds("${sudo} systemctl --user is-active livebook.service")
-      machine.wait_for_open_port(20123)
+      machine.wait_for_open_port(20123, timeout=10)
 
       machine.succeed("curl -L localhost:20123 | grep 'Type password'")
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/livebook/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/livebook/default.nix
index 990f658ce9f7..8e8e0b997464 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/livebook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/livebook/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ beamPackages.mixRelease rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     homepage = "https://livebook.dev/";
     description = "Automate code & data workflows with interactive Elixir notebooks";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ munksgaard ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ munksgaard scvalex ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }