diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
index 7683774a9..8b7afd374 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
@@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@ _set_config_from_vps() {
 			set network.omr6in4.gateway="$omr6in4_vps_localip"
 			commit network
 		EOF
-		/etc/init.d/network restart
+		/etc/init.d/network reload
 		sleep 6
 	fi