diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index 4db8842778..4eead5b27e 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 - name: reload apache
   action: service name=httpd state=reloaded
 
-- name: reload bacula-fd
-  action: service name=bacula-fd state=reloaded
+- name: restart bacula-fd
+  action: service name=bacula-fd state=restarted
 
-- name: reload bacula-sd
-  action: service name=bacula-sd state=reloaded
+- name: restart bacula-sd
+  action: service name=bacula-sd state=restarted
 
-- name: reload bacula-dir
-  action: service name=bacula-dir state=reloaded
+- name: restart bacula-dir
+  action: service name=bacula-dir state=restarted
 
 - name: restart collectd
   action: service name=collectd state=restarted