diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 9335ad6..cf6280d 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@
 - name: regen pem
   shell: >
     cat {{ haproxy_ssl_cert }} {{ haproxy_user_ssl_ca_cert is defined | ternary(haproxy_ssl_ca_cert,'') }} {{ haproxy_ssl_key }} > {{ haproxy_ssl_pem }}
-  notify: Restart haproxy
+  notify: Reload haproxy
 
 - name: Regenerate haproxy configuration
   assemble:
     src: "/etc/haproxy/conf.d"
     dest: "/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg"
-  notify: Restart haproxy
+  notify: Reload haproxy
   tags:
     - haproxy-general-config
 
-- name: Restart haproxy
+- name: Reload haproxy
   service:
     name: "haproxy"
-    state: "restarted"
+    state: "reloaded"
     enabled: yes
     daemon_reload: yes
 
diff --git a/tasks/haproxy_service_config.yml b/tasks/haproxy_service_config.yml
index ae0f858..4c558c0 100644
--- a/tasks/haproxy_service_config.yml
+++ b/tasks/haproxy_service_config.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@
   tags:
     - haproxy-service-config
   notify:
-    - Restart haproxy
+    - Reload haproxy
   when:
     - ansible_selinux.status == "enabled"
diff --git a/tasks/haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt.yml b/tasks/haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt.yml
index ae7ef95..247c7dc 100644
--- a/tasks/haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt.yml
+++ b/tasks/haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     dest: "/etc/ssl/private/haproxy.pem"
     regexp: '(privkey|fullchain).pem$'
   notify:
-    - Restart haproxy
+    - Reload haproxy
 
 - name: Create letsencrypt_renew file
   template:
diff --git a/templates/letsencrypt_renew.j2 b/templates/letsencrypt_renew.j2
index 9f45b75..44ad603 100644
--- a/templates/letsencrypt_renew.j2
+++ b/templates/letsencrypt_renew.j2
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 cat /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ external_lb_vip_address }}/{fullchain,privkey}.pem \
     > /etc/ssl/private/haproxy.pem
 
-systemctl restart haproxy
+systemctl reload haproxy