diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index 278bf30482..862a0afd22 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -82,3 +82,6 @@
 
 - name: run fasclient
   action: command /usr/bin/fasClient -i
+
+- name: restart fedmsg-hub
+  action: service name=fedmsg-hub state=restarted
diff --git a/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
index feee10f3ad..12d983f3fc 100644
--- a/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 
   tags:
   - config
+
   notify:
-  - fedmsg-hub
+  - restart fedmsg-hub