diff --git a/doc/systemd/cowrie.service b/doc/systemd/cowrie.service
index f958f14a..4569ba88 100644
--- a/doc/systemd/cowrie.service
+++ b/doc/systemd/cowrie.service
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Group=cowrie
 PIDFile=/home/cowrie/cowrie/var/run/cowrie.pid
 ExecStart=/home/cowrie/cowrie/bin/cowrie start
 ExecStop=/home/cowrie/cowrie/bin/cowrie stop
-ExecReload=/home/cowrie/cowrie/bin/cowrie start && sleep 10 && /home/cowrie/cowrie/bin/cowrie stop
+ExecReload=/home/cowrie/cowrie/bin/cowrie stop && sleep 10 && /home/cowrie/cowrie/bin/cowrie start
 WorkingDirectory=/home/cowrie/cowrie/
 Restart=on-failure
 TimeoutSec=300