diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
index acc06e50..4596c35c 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
@@ -988,6 +988,8 @@ function install_gnusocial {
     # unleash the daemons!
     /etc/cron.hourly/gnusocial-daemons
 
+    systemctl restart nginx
+
     APP_INSTALLED=1
 }
 
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
index 2cc68bea..76606aec 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
@@ -774,6 +774,8 @@ function install_postactiv {
     # unleash the daemons!
     /etc/cron.hourly/postactiv-daemons
 
+    systemctl restart nginx
+
     APP_INSTALLED=1
 }