diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-mailpile b/src/freedombone-app-mailpile
index 8b9a5da8..a82bea25 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-mailpile
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-mailpile
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ function upgrade_mailpile {
     pip install -r requirements.txt
 
     chown -R mailpile:mailpile "/var/www/$MAILPILE_DOMAIN_NAME/mail"
+    systemctl restart mailpile
 }
 
 function backup_local_mailpile {