diff --git a/server/lib/classes/cron.d/900-letsencrypt.inc.php b/server/lib/classes/cron.d/900-letsencrypt.inc.php
index 0f6aaaed6bdea3dcfaf019d031a9a74f5beff564..0a068dcf7ac03ae1ebdf35cf4d03e2a8e1b39beb 100644
--- a/server/lib/classes/cron.d/900-letsencrypt.inc.php
+++ b/server/lib/classes/cron.d/900-letsencrypt.inc.php
@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@ class cronjob_letsencrypt extends cronjob {
 				$version = $matches[2];
 				if(($type != 'letsencrypt' && $type != 'certbot') || version_compare($version, '0.7.0', '<')) {
 					exec($letsencrypt . ' -n renew');
-					$app->services->restartServiceDelayed('httpd', 'reload');
+					$app->services->restartServiceDelayed('httpd', 'force-reload');
 				} else {
 					$marker_file = '/usr/local/ispconfig/server/le.restart';
 					$cmd = "echo '1' > " . $marker_file;
 					exec($letsencrypt . ' -n renew --post-hook ' . escapeshellarg($cmd));
 					if(file_exists($marker_file) && trim(file_get_contents($marker_file)) == '1') {
 						unlink($marker_file);
-						$app->services->restartServiceDelayed('httpd', 'reload');
+						$app->services->restartServiceDelayed('httpd', 'force-reload');
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				exec($letsencrypt . ' -n renew');
-				$app->services->restartServiceDelayed('httpd', 'reload');
+				$app->services->restartServiceDelayed('httpd', 'force-reload');
 			}
 		}
 		
diff --git a/server/mods-available/web_module.inc.php b/server/mods-available/web_module.inc.php
index 6d3e8c10839b47e1e75157be3198ad33db11e6eb..aecec10579e37e1b4160dc2ac57d924f12936f49 100644
--- a/server/mods-available/web_module.inc.php
+++ b/server/mods-available/web_module.inc.php
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ class web_module {
 		$retval = array('output' => '', 'retval' => 0);
 		if($action == 'restart') {
 			$cmd = $app->system->getinitcommand($daemon, 'restart');
+		} elseif($action == 'force-reload') {
+			$cmd = $app->system->getinitcommand($daemon, 'force-reload');
 		} else {
 			$cmd = $app->system->getinitcommand($daemon, 'reload');
 		}