diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index f791ce084d..f03a021802 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -185,3 +185,6 @@
     name: rabbitmq-server
     state: restarted
     systemd_reload: yes
+
+- name: restart repoSpanner
+  action: service name=repoSpanner state=restarted
diff --git a/roles/repospanner/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/repospanner/server/tasks/main.yml
index c1f624cd00..73ea96650d 100644
--- a/roles/repospanner/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/repospanner/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
             dest=/etc/repospanner/config.yml
             owner=repoSpanner group=repoSpanner mode=0600
   notify:
-  - reload repoSpanner
+  - restart repoSpanner
   tags:
   - repospanner/server
   - config
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   - src: "{{node}}.{{region}}.key"
     dest: node.key
   notify:
-  - reload repoSpanner
+  - restart repoSpanner
   tags:
   - repospanner/server
   - config
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   template: src=repoSpanner.service
             dest=/etc/systemd/system/repospanner@.service
   notify:
-  - reload repoSpanner
+  - restart repoSpanner
   tags:
   - repospanner/server
   - config