diff --git a/device/testing/device-pine64-pinenote/APKBUILD b/device/testing/device-pine64-pinenote/APKBUILD
index 21ffbb390..f6f1afdfb 100644
--- a/device/testing/device-pine64-pinenote/APKBUILD
+++ b/device/testing/device-pine64-pinenote/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=device-pine64-pinenote
 pkgdesc="Pine64 PineNote"
 pkgver=8
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 _commit="28d2c05ab4e80a7972611cd3188f3e8be4197f6a"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 license="GPL-3.0-only"
diff --git a/device/testing/device-pine64-pinenote/device-pine64-pinenote-systemd.post-install b/device/testing/device-pine64-pinenote/device-pine64-pinenote-systemd.post-install
index 24a8b7072..5c14f2988 100644
--- a/device/testing/device-pine64-pinenote/device-pine64-pinenote-systemd.post-install
+++ b/device/testing/device-pine64-pinenote/device-pine64-pinenote-systemd.post-install
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # allow seamless upgrade 7-r0 to 8-r0, as tinydm-ebc was removed
 # in favor of a systemd override for tinydm
 # TODO: remove in preparation for v26.06
-if systemctl is-active -q tinydm-ebc.service 2>/dev/null; then
+if [ "$(systemctl is-active tinydm-ebc.service 2>/dev/null )" == "active" ]; then
  	systemctl disable tinydm-ebc.service
  	systemctl enable tinydm.service
 fi