diff --git a/manifests/server/access_rules.pp b/manifests/server/access_rules.pp
index d396268..5b21c3c 100644
--- a/manifests/server/access_rules.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/access_rules.pp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class confdroid_nagios::server::access_rules (
       selrole  => object_r,
       seltype  => nagios_etc_t,
       seluser  => system_u,
-      notify   => Exec['reload_httpd'],
+      notify   => Exec['restart_httpd'],
     }
 
     # manage file header
diff --git a/manifests/server/service.pp b/manifests/server/service.pp
index a843853..e019c6c 100644
--- a/manifests/server/service.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/service.pp
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ class confdroid_nagios::server::service (
   require confdroid_nagios::server::files
   if $ng_nagios_server == $fqdn {
     require confdroid_nagios::server::access_rules
-    exec { 'reload_httpd':
-      command     => 'systemctl reload httpd',
+    exec { 'restart_httpd':
+      command     => 'systemctl restart httpd',
       path        => ['/bin', '/usr/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/sbin'],
       refreshonly => true,
     }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class confdroid_nagios::server::service (
       enable     => true,
       hasrestart => true,
       hasstatus  => true,
-      require    => Exec['reload_httpd'],
+      require    => Exec['restart_httpd'],
     }
   }
 }