diff --git a/roles/graphite/fedmsg2statsd/handlers/main.yml b/roles/graphite/fedmsg2statsd/handlers/main.yml
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+---
+- name: restart fedmsg2statsd
+  service: name=fedmsg2statsd state=restarted