diff --git a/src/freedombone-restore-local b/src/freedombone-restore-local
index 015d7e37..80cfd7ce 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-restore-local
+++ b/src/freedombone-restore-local
@@ -836,10 +836,18 @@ function restore_gnu_social {
 		fi
 	fi
 	if [ $MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
+		# stop the daemons
+		cd /var/www/${MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
+		scripts/stopdaemons.sh
+
 		restore_database gnusocial ${MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}
 		if [ -d /root/tempgnusocial ]; then
 			rm -rf /root/tempgnusocial
 		fi
+
+		# start the daemons
+		cd /var/www/${MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
+		scripts/startdaemons.sh
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/src/freedombone-restore-remote b/src/freedombone-restore-remote
index 113e045d..ac5cf2f8 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-restore-remote
+++ b/src/freedombone-restore-remote
@@ -701,10 +701,19 @@ function restore_gnu_social {
 	fi
 	if grep -q "GNU Social domain" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
 		MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME=$(cat $COMPLETION_FILE | grep "GNU Social domain" | awk -F ':' '{print $2}')
+
+		# stop the daemons
+		cd /var/www/${MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
+		scripts/stopdaemons.sh
+
 		restore_database_from_friend gnusocial ${MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}
 		if [ -d /root/tempgnusocial ]; then
 			rm -rf /root/tempgnusocial
 		fi
+
+		# start the daemons
+		cd /var/www/${MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
+		scripts/startdaemons.sh
 	fi
 }