diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-koel b/src/freedombone-app-koel
index d0333a9c..3e81af8d 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-koel
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-koel
@@ -165,11 +165,17 @@ function upgrade_koel {
         KOEL_DOMAIN_NAME=$(get_completion_param "koel domain")
     fi
 
+    systemctl stop koel
+
     # update to the next commit
     function_check set_repo_commit
     set_repo_commit /var/www/$KOEL_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs "koel commit" "$KOEL_COMMIT" $KOEL_REPO
 
-    chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/${KOEL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
+    cd /var/www/${KOEL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
+    php artisan koel:init
+    chown -R www-data:www-data *
+
+    systemctl start koel
 }