diff --git a/data/hooks/conf_regen/25-dovecot b/data/hooks/conf_regen/25-dovecot
index e8d2187db..974fa3e0b 100644
--- a/data/hooks/conf_regen/25-dovecot
+++ b/data/hooks/conf_regen/25-dovecot
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ sudo rm -rf /etc/dovecot/global_script
 sudo mkdir -p -m 0770 /etc/dovecot/global_script
 safe_copy sa-learn-pipe.sh /usr/bin/sa-learn-pipe.sh
 sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/sa-learn-pipe.sh
+
 safe_copy dovecot.sieve /etc/dovecot/global_script/dovecot.sieve
-sudo chmod 660 /etc/dovecot/global_script/dovecot.sieve
+sudo chmod 660 /etc/dovecot/global_script/dovecot.sieve > /dev/null 2>&1 \
+  || safe_copy dovecot.sieve /etc/dovecot/global_script/dovecot.sieve
 sudo sievec /etc/dovecot/global_script/dovecot.sieve
 sudo chmod 660 /etc/dovecot/global_script/dovecot.svbin
 
 
-service dovecot reload
+sudo service dovecot restart