diff --git a/roles/prometheus/handlers/main.yml b/roles/prometheus/handlers/main.yml
index 9c8f6efe0a5a16f8a95e3c9ffc5f9a3e07f11a98..f0cdc4508383f0401564349a965e7dc2d40ff7fc 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 - name: Reload prometheus
   service: name=prometheus state=reloaded
+
+- name: Restart prometheus
+  service: name=prometheus state=restarted
diff --git a/roles/prometheus/tasks/main.yml b/roles/prometheus/tasks/main.yml
index d564eaaba7fe241726ff063c57895230d381467c..42cd4e04686aa41b180bee515f50538ffba74551 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 - name: Install prometheus cli configuration
   template: src=prometheus.conf.j2 dest=/etc/conf.d/prometheus owner=root group=root mode=644
-  notify: Reload prometheus
+  notify: Restart prometheus
 
 - name: Install prometheus web-config configuration
   template: src=web-config.yml.j2 dest=/etc/prometheus/web-config.yml owner=root group=prometheus mode=640