diff --git a/src/freedombone-syncthing b/src/freedombone-syncthing
index a558b302..b91b53ea 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-syncthing
+++ b/src/freedombone-syncthing
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ function remove_user_syncthing {
     remove_username="$1"
 
     sed -i "/<folder id=\"${remove_username}\" /,/</folder>/d" $SYNCTHING_CONFIG_FILE
+    systemctl restart syncthing
 }
 
 function new_syncthing_id {