diff --git a/phosphor-rsyslog-config/utils.hpp b/phosphor-rsyslog-config/utils.hpp
index 30799cd..f5df8ae 100644
--- a/phosphor-rsyslog-config/utils.hpp
+++ b/phosphor-rsyslog-config/utils.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     {
         auto method = bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_BUSNAME, SYSTEMD_PATH,
                                           SYSTEMD_INTERFACE, "RestartUnit");
-        method.append(service);
+        method.append(service, "replace");
         bus.call_noreply(method);
     }
 }