diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 21234d0..2b85245 100755
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ EOF
   ynh_store_file_checksum "$finalfail2banjailconf"
   ynh_store_file_checksum "$finalfail2banfilterconf"
 
-  systemctl reload fail2ban
+  systemctl restart fail2ban
   local fail2ban_error="$(journalctl -u fail2ban | tail -n50 | grep "WARNING.*$app.*")"
   if [ -n "$fail2ban_error" ]
   then
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ EOF
 ynh_remove_fail2ban_config () {
   ynh_secure_remove "/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/$app.conf"
   ynh_secure_remove "/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/$app.conf"
-  systemctl reload fail2ban
+  systemctl restart fail2ban
 }
 
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