diff --git a/install/apps/metronome-init b/install/apps/metronome-init
index 78ba7ea14accccbc866cf1294c88f68f0821e8fc..19e0a19c086dc43954a0a6921e49b89f1d0327ef 100644
--- a/install/apps/metronome-init
+++ b/install/apps/metronome-init
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ stop()
 
 reload()
 {
-    &METRONOME reload >> /dev/null
+    $METRONOME reload >> /dev/null
 }
 
 restart()
 {
-    &METRONOME restart >> /dev/null
+    $METRONOME restart >> /dev/null
 }
 
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index 8f818dff8af4e7918bf1c3df6a73e0132a5a1b7a..29ffcb4eac2d5973c12cc25b86c22cb8f92b6b18 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -526,7 +526,9 @@ if($reconfigure_services_answer == 'yes') {
 	}
 
     if($conf['services']['xmpp']) {
-        if($conf['xmpp']['installed'] == true && $conf['xmpp']['init_script'] != '') system($inst->getinitcommand($conf['xmpp']['init_script'], 'restart').' &> /dev/null');
+        //if($conf['xmpp']['installed'] == true && $conf['xmpp']['init_script'] != '') system($inst->getinitcommand($conf['xmpp']['init_script'], 'restart').' &> /dev/null');
+		// There is no metronome systemd unit at the moment, so we always use the init script.
+		if($conf['xmpp']['installed'] == true && $conf['xmpp']['init_script'] != '') system('/etc/init.d/metronome restart &> /dev/null');
     }
 
 	if($conf['services']['proxy']) {