diff --git a/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/phoenix.rb b/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/phoenix.rb
index 1e1043f59..b9b15d106 100644
--- a/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/phoenix.rb
+++ b/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/phoenix.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ end
 if node['firezone']['phoenix']['enable']
   component_runit_service 'phoenix' do
     package 'firezone'
-    control ['t']
     action :enable
     subscribes :restart, 'file[environment-variables]'
   end
diff --git a/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/templates/sv-phoenix-t.erb b/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/templates/sv-phoenix-t.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fb09d8b2..000000000
--- a/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/templates/sv-phoenix-t.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-echo "received TERM from runit, sending to process group (-PID)"
-pid=$(<%= node['firezone']['app_directory'] %>/bin/firezone pid)
-kill -- -$pid
diff --git a/rel/env.sh.eex b/rel/env.sh.eex
index d8ae8cf2c..86e387fb2 100644
--- a/rel/env.sh.eex
+++ b/rel/env.sh.eex
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@
 # RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION variable below. Must be "sname", "name" or "none".
 export RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION=name
 export RELEASE_NODE=<%= @release.name %>@127.0.0.1
+
+# Choices here are 'interactive' and 'embedded'. 'interactive' boots faster which
+# prevents some runit process management edge cases at the expense of the application
+# not technically being ready to serve requests "right away". This is a useful tradeoff.
+export RELEASE_MODE=interactive