diff --git a/cgroup/cgroup.go b/cgroup/cgroup.go
index 48dff4e..04c95c8 100644
--- a/cgroup/cgroup.go
+++ b/cgroup/cgroup.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func containerByCgroup(cgroupPath string) (ContainerType, string, error) {
 	switch {
 	case cgroupPath == "/init":
 		return ContainerTypeTalosRuntime, "/talos/init", nil
-	case prefix == "user.slice" || prefix == "init.scope":
+	case prefix == "user.slice" || prefix == "init.scope" || prefix == "systemd":
 		return ContainerTypeStandaloneProcess, "", nil
 	case prefix == "docker" || (prefix == "system.slice" && len(parts) > 1 && strings.HasPrefix(parts[1], "docker-")):
 		matches := dockerIdRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(cgroupPath)
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ func containerByCgroup(cgroupPath string) (ContainerType, string, error) {
 		}
 		return ContainerTypeTalosRuntime, path.Join("/talos/", matches[2]), nil
 	case prefix == "system.slice" || prefix == "runtime.slice" || prefix == "reserved.slice" || prefix == "kube.slice" || prefix == "azure.slice":
+		if strings.HasSuffix(cgroupPath, ".scope") {
+			return ContainerTypeStandaloneProcess, "", nil
+		}
 		matches := systemSliceIdRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(cgroupPath)
 		if matches == nil {
 			return ContainerTypeUnknown, "", fmt.Errorf("invalid systemd cgroup %s", cgroupPath)
diff --git a/cgroup/cgroup_test.go b/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
index 888d7ac..7e8b7af 100644
--- a/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
+++ b/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
@@ -205,4 +205,24 @@ func TestContainerByCgroup(t *testing.T) {
 	as.Equal(ContainerTypeStandaloneProcess, typ)
 	as.Equal("", id)
 	as.Nil(err)
+
+	typ, id, err = containerByCgroup("/systemd/system.slice")
+	as.Equal(ContainerTypeStandaloneProcess, typ)
+	as.Equal("", id)
+	as.Nil(err)
+
+	typ, id, err = containerByCgroup("/system.slice/cri-containerd-69e8ded3c33c9d5e2b93acd74787b17a8629f74d6707bc5bb9b2e095337d0263.scope")
+	as.Equal(ContainerTypeStandaloneProcess, typ)
+	as.Equal("", id)
+	as.Nil(err)
+
+	typ, id, err = containerByCgroup("/system.slice/run-ra2ddf9594bbf4a1986439b594f89eb0f.scope")
+	as.Equal(ContainerTypeStandaloneProcess, typ)
+	as.Equal("", id)
+	as.Nil(err)
+
+	typ, id, err = containerByCgroup("/system.slice/docker-ba7b10d15d16e10e3de7a2dcd408a3d971169ae303f46cfad4c5453c6326fee2.scope")
+	as.Equal(ContainerTypeDocker, typ)
+	as.Equal("ba7b10d15d16e10e3de7a2dcd408a3d971169ae303f46cfad4c5453c6326fee2", id)
+	as.Nil(err)
 }
diff --git a/containers/container.go b/containers/container.go
index 54c186f..8b12ecf 100644
--- a/containers/container.go
+++ b/containers/container.go
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ type ContainerNetwork struct {
 }
 
 type ContainerMetadata struct {
-	name               string
-	labels             map[string]string
-	volumes            map[string]string
-	logPath            string
-	image              string
-	logDecoder         logparser.Decoder
-	hostListens        map[string][]netaddr.IPPort
-	networks           map[string]ContainerNetwork
-	env                map[string]string
-	systemdTriggeredBy string
+	name        string
+	labels      map[string]string
+	volumes     map[string]string
+	logPath     string
+	image       string
+	logDecoder  logparser.Decoder
+	hostListens map[string][]netaddr.IPPort
+	networks    map[string]ContainerNetwork
+	env         map[string]string
+	systemd     SystemdProperties
 }
 
 type Delays struct {
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ func (c *Container) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	c.lock.Lock()
 	defer c.lock.Unlock()
 
-	if c.metadata.image != "" || c.metadata.systemdTriggeredBy != "" {
-		ch <- gauge(metrics.ContainerInfo, 1, c.metadata.image, c.metadata.systemdTriggeredBy)
+	if c.metadata.image != "" || !c.metadata.systemd.IsEmpty() {
+		ch <- gauge(metrics.ContainerInfo, 1, c.metadata.image, c.metadata.systemd.TriggeredBy, c.metadata.systemd.Type)
 	}
 
 	ch <- counter(metrics.Restarts, float64(c.restarts))
diff --git a/containers/metrics.go b/containers/metrics.go
index 4612314..0780261 100644
--- a/containers/metrics.go
+++ b/containers/metrics.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var metrics = struct {
 
 	Ip2Fqdn *prometheus.Desc
 }{
-	ContainerInfo: metric("container_info", "Meta information about the container", "image", "systemd_triggered_by"),
+	ContainerInfo: metric("container_info", "Meta information about the container", "image", "systemd_triggered_by", "systemd_type"),
 
 	Restarts: metric("container_restarts_total", "Number of times the container was restarted"),
 
diff --git a/containers/registry.go b/containers/registry.go
index a92225b..064b473 100644
--- a/containers/registry.go
+++ b/containers/registry.go
@@ -284,14 +284,10 @@ func (r *Registry) handleEvents(ch <-chan ebpftracer.Event) {
 				if c := r.getOrCreateContainer(e.Pid); c != nil {
 					c.onConnectionOpen(e.Pid, e.Fd, e.SrcAddr, e.DstAddr, e.ActualDstAddr, e.Timestamp, false, e.Duration)
 					c.attachTlsUprobes(r.tracer, e.Pid)
-				} else {
-					klog.Infoln("TCP connection from unknown container", e)
 				}
 			case ebpftracer.EventTypeConnectionError:
 				if c := r.getOrCreateContainer(e.Pid); c != nil {
 					c.onConnectionOpen(e.Pid, e.Fd, e.SrcAddr, e.DstAddr, e.ActualDstAddr, 0, true, e.Duration)
-				} else {
-					klog.Infoln("TCP connection error from unknown container", e)
 				}
 			case ebpftracer.EventTypeConnectionClose:
 				if c := r.containersByPid[e.Pid]; c != nil {
@@ -377,6 +373,14 @@ func (r *Registry) getOrCreateContainer(pid uint32) *Container {
 		r.containersByPidIgnored[pid] = &t
 		return nil
 	}
+	if cg.ContainerType == cgroup.ContainerTypeSystemdService && *flags.SkipSystemdSystemServices {
+		if md.systemd.IsSystemService() {
+			klog.InfoS("skipping system service", "id", id, "unit", md.systemd.Unit, "type", md.systemd.Type, "triggered_by", md.systemd.TriggeredBy, "pid", pid)
+			t := time.Now()
+			r.containersByPidIgnored[pid] = &t
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
 
 	if c := r.containersById[id]; c != nil {
 		klog.Warningln("id conflict:", id)
@@ -542,7 +546,7 @@ func getContainerMetadata(cg *cgroup.Cgroup) (*ContainerMetadata, error) {
 	switch cg.ContainerType {
 	case cgroup.ContainerTypeSystemdService:
 		md := &ContainerMetadata{}
-		md.systemdTriggeredBy = SystemdTriggeredBy(cg.ContainerId)
+		md.systemd = getSystemdProperties(cg.Id)
 		return md, nil
 	case cgroup.ContainerTypeDocker, cgroup.ContainerTypeContainerd, cgroup.ContainerTypeSandbox, cgroup.ContainerTypeCrio:
 	default:
diff --git a/containers/systemd.go b/containers/systemd.go
index cf5dfd2..cddcb8a 100644
--- a/containers/systemd.go
+++ b/containers/systemd.go
@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@ import (
 var (
 	dbusConn    *dbus.Conn
 	dbusTimeout = time.Second
+
+	systemServicePrefixes = []string{
+		"systemd-",
+		"dbus",
+		"getty",
+		"system-serial",
+		"system-getty",
+		"serial-getty",
+		"snapd",
+		"packagekit",
+		"unattended-upgrades",
+		"multipathd",
+		"qemu-guest-agent",
+		"irqbalance",
+		"networkd-dispatcher",
+		"rpcbind",
+	}
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -39,18 +56,54 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func SystemdTriggeredBy(id string) string {
+type SystemdProperties struct {
+	Unit        string
+	TriggeredBy string
+	Type        string
+}
+
+func (sp SystemdProperties) IsEmpty() bool {
+	return sp.TriggeredBy == "" && sp.Type == ""
+}
+
+func (sp SystemdProperties) IsSystemService() bool {
+	switch sp.Type {
+	case "oneshot", "dbus":
+		return true
+	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(sp.TriggeredBy, ".timer") {
+		return true
+	}
+	for _, prefix := range systemServicePrefixes {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(sp.Unit, prefix) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func getSystemdProperties(id string) SystemdProperties {
+	props := SystemdProperties{}
 	if dbusConn == nil {
-		return ""
+		return props
 	}
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), dbusTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 	parts := strings.Split(id, "/")
 	unit := parts[len(parts)-1]
-	if prop, _ := dbusConn.GetUnitPropertyContext(ctx, unit, "TriggeredBy"); prop != nil {
-		if values, _ := prop.Value.Value().([]string); len(values) > 0 {
-			return values[0]
+	props.Unit = unit
+	properties, err := dbusConn.GetAllPropertiesContext(ctx, unit)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warningln("failed to get systemd properties:", err)
+		return props
+	}
+	if v, ok := properties["TriggeredBy"]; ok {
+		if values, _ := v.([]string); len(values) > 0 {
+			props.TriggeredBy = values[0]
 		}
 	}
-	return ""
+	if v, ok := properties["Type"]; ok {
+		props.Type, _ = v.(string)
+	}
+	return props
 }
diff --git a/flags/flags.go b/flags/flags.go
index ffd457d..23a7dd8 100644
--- a/flags/flags.go
+++ b/flags/flags.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ var (
 	ContainerAllowlist = kingpin.Flag("container-allowlist", "List of allowed containers (regex patterns)").Envar("CONTAINER_ALLOWLIST").Strings()
 	ContainerDenylist  = kingpin.Flag("container-denylist", "List of denied containers (regex patterns)").Envar("CONTAINER_DENYLIST").Strings()
 
+	SkipSystemdSystemServices = kingpin.Flag("skip-systemd-system-services", "Skip well-known systemd system services (apt, motd, udev, etc.)").Default("true").Envar("SKIP_SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_SERVICES").Bool()
+
 	ExcludeHTTPMetricsByPath = kingpin.Flag("exclude-http-requests-by-path", "Skip HTTP metrics and traces by path").Envar("EXCLUDE_HTTP_REQUESTS_BY_PATH").Strings()
 
 	ExternalNetworksWhitelist = kingpin.
diff --git a/proc/fd.go b/proc/fd.go
index 5b294ea..8896ded 100644
--- a/proc/fd.go
+++ b/proc/fd.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func ReadFds(pid uint32) ([]Fd, error) {
 		}
 		dest, err := os.Readlink(path.Join(fdDir, entry.Name()))
 		if err != nil {
-			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				klog.Warningf("failed to read link '%s': %s", entry.Name(), err)
 			}
 			continue