diff --git a/launch/app/runtime/services.cfg b/launch/app/runtime/services.cfg
index 25b066dc9..99a2d4916 100644
--- a/launch/app/runtime/services.cfg
+++ b/launch/app/runtime/services.cfg
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ threadpool:discovery=3
 threadpool:safeCall=3
 
 # Start level definition
-startlevel:20=dsl:items,managed:item,dsl:things,managed:thing,managed:itemchannellink,dsl:persist
-#startlevel:30=persistence:restore // do not rely on the presence of a persistence service in the IDE
+startlevel:20=dsl:items,managed:item,dsl:things,managed:thing,managed:itemchannellink,dsl:persist,managed:metadata
+startlevel:30=persistence:services,automation:scriptEngineFactories
 startlevel:40=dsl:rules,managed:rule,rules:refresh,rules:dslprovider
 startlevel:50=ruleengine:start
 startlevel:70=dsl:sitemap