diff --git a/functions-common b/functions-common
index 52f53ef147..1e6ae5cc76 100644
--- a/functions-common
+++ b/functions-common
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ declare -A -g GITBRANCH
 declare -A -g GITDIR
 
 TRACK_DEPENDS=${TRACK_DEPENDS:-False}
+KILL_PATH="$(which kill)"
 
 # Save these variables to .stackenv
 STACK_ENV_VARS="BASE_SQL_CONN DATA_DIR DEST ENABLED_SERVICES HOST_IP \
@@ -1453,6 +1454,7 @@ function write_user_unit_file {
     iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "ExecStart" "$command"
     iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "KillMode" "process"
     iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "TimeoutStopSec" "infinity"
+    iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "ExecReload" "$KILL_PATH -HUP \$MAINPID"
     if [[ -n "$group" ]]; then
         iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "Group" "$group"
     fi
@@ -1474,6 +1476,7 @@ function write_uwsgi_user_unit_file {
     iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "SyslogIdentifier" "$service"
     iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "User" "$user"
     iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "ExecStart" "$command"
+    iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "ExecReload" "$KILL_PATH -HUP \$MAINPID"
     iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "Type" "notify"
     iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "KillMode" "process"
     iniset -sudo $unitfile "Service" "Restart" "always"
diff --git a/lib/apache b/lib/apache
index 39d5b7b071..5dc0e98192 100644
--- a/lib/apache
+++ b/lib/apache
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ function write_uwsgi_config {
     iniset "$file" uwsgi master true
     # Set die-on-term & exit-on-reload so that uwsgi shuts down
     iniset "$file" uwsgi die-on-term true
-    iniset "$file" uwsgi exit-on-reload true
+    iniset "$file" uwsgi exit-on-reload false
     # Set worker-reload-mercy so that worker will not exit till the time
     # configured after graceful shutdown
     iniset "$file" uwsgi worker-reload-mercy $WORKER_TIMEOUT
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function write_local_uwsgi_http_config {
     iniset "$file" uwsgi master true
     # Set die-on-term & exit-on-reload so that uwsgi shuts down
     iniset "$file" uwsgi die-on-term true
-    iniset "$file" uwsgi exit-on-reload true
+    iniset "$file" uwsgi exit-on-reload false
     iniset "$file" uwsgi enable-threads true
     iniset "$file" uwsgi plugins python
     # uwsgi recommends this to prevent thundering herd on accept.