diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
index f6f22a2c2f..0fe12aef3e 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 - name: enable the websocket server if we should
   copy: src=websockets.py dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/websockets.py
   when: enable_websocket_server
+  notify: restart fedmsg-hub
 
 - name: disable the websocket server if we should..
   file: dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/websockets.py state=absent
   when: not enable_websocket_server
+  notify: restart fedmsg-hub