diff --git a/salt/moin/init.sls b/salt/moin/init.sls
index ac4bf407..bd4c8bc0 100644
--- a/salt/moin/init.sls
+++ b/salt/moin/init.sls
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ apache2:
 
 restart-apache2:
   cron.present:
-    - name: /usr/bin/systemctl restart apache2
+    - name: /usr/bin/systemctl stop apache2; sleep 5; /usr/bin/systemctl start apache2
     - user: root
     - minute: '0'
     - hour: '4'